Arabic-L:LING:Verb Form Numbers Origin Query

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Date: 14 Sep 2000
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Verb Form Numbers Origin Query

Does anyone know the answer to the following question?
As you know, only Europeans and mustashriqs use the number system to
refer to Arabic verbs. form I, form II, form II, form VI, etc. All the
European grammars and dictionaries are thoroughly consistent in using the
exact same number system for all of the verb forms. The question is: Who
invented this system and when and where was it first used and by whom??
Apparently it caught on smashingly and has been used by Westerners ever
since, but never by Arabs.
Who started and popularized it and when how and where?

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