Re: Epphatha Qs

On Jun 21, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Leo Caesius wrote:
> Steg's right.  It's an ethpaal (tD).  In Late Aramaic (in this case,
> Christian Palestinian) the reflexive forms with t- are on their way
> out, and
> the marker has assimilated in most cases.  In Aramaic as in Hebrew,
> roots
> with an initial sibilant undergo metathesis (Mod. Mandaic eStabyon,
> "they
> were baptized") and these are the only ones that survive.  Otherwise,
> the
> reflexive is eventually replaced with the indicative form of the verb
> + some
> word that means "oneself," usually some variation on nafsh- (Mod.
> Mandaic
> "an navshe qagaatelni!" "I'll kill myself!").
Could you parse out _qagaatelni_ for me?  It's obviously from the root
QTL, but where did the |G| come from?  Or is the |G| the Q of the root,
with the initial |qa-| be like the Talmudic Aramaic present/participle
prefix?

Btw, thanks for using the term "tD"!  I learned those terms in my
Comparitive Semitic Linguistics class this year.  Yay for
non-language-specific names for paradigms! :)  Although i think we
learned them with capital letter first...


-Stephen (Steg)
  "i know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
   i know that the clubs are weapons of war
   i know that diamonds mean money for this art
   but that's not the shape of my heart"
      ~ 'shape of my heart'