On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:41:30 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > And is the root P`L cognate with F`L (I would say yes at first
> glance) meaning "to do" in Arabic?
> Yes. In fact, the explanatory schema, as well as the dummy word
> used
> in making form names, was borrowed by Hebrew grammarians from Arabic
> grammarians, probably during the Middle Ages.
> Of course it *works* in Hebrew because H. and A. are both South
> Central Semitic languages....
> --
> There is / one art || John Cowan
> <jcowan@...>
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I thought that Hebrew is Northwest Semitic...
-Stephen (Steg)
"...a él boca arriba con los ojos cerrados entre las hogueras."
~ "la noche boca arriba" by Julio Cortázar