Re: Arabic 'sura' (?)-- a question
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 21, 2001, 10:33 |
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In a message dated 12/20/01 9:42:15 AM, annis@BIOSTAT.WISC.EDU writes:
<< Yes. Suura as a feminine noun will have the final -h turn
into a -t when in the construct state, that is, when followed by a
genitive. So, "suurat al-faatiHati" for the opening chapter.
Actually, this -h is written with the two dots of the -t- to indicate
the change, which occurs on some other contexts, too. >>
It's not really an [h], is it? It has the same form, but it's always
been called "taa marbuta" when I've seen it, and it always carries the two
dots. Is this related to all those words in Hebrew that have a silent /h/ at
the end of them? Wow!
-David
"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
--Jim Morrison
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