Arabic - participia (was: Religion-Names in Conlangs...)
| From: | P. M. ARKTAYG <pmva@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 26, 1998, 17:56 |
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PMVA to CLL
Greetings
Eric Christopherson wrote:
> [...]
> I've been wondering... does mu- in Arabic mean "one who does
> [something]?" Besides the word Muslim, I know of the Hispanicized
> Mude'jar, IIRC meaning "one who stayed."
I think that that is, etymologically, participium activum like:
mustami=91 'listener'
mu=91allim 'teacher'
as well:
muh.arrik 'engine'
muh_addir 'narcotic'
mufa-=91il 'reactor'