Arabic-L:LING:Is Arabic root 2 or 3 letters?

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Date: 01 Dec  2003
From:Eltoukhi at aol.com
Subject:Is Arabic root 2 or 3 letters?

Dear All,
As far as I know that Arabic language root wether in noun or verb is 3
letters unless there is reason example: ( in the imperative form we see
2-letter verb) , but I heared recently that arabic language root was 2
letters then it was developed and got the third letter from other
languages. so how correct/accurat is this idea. thanks alot
Eltoukhi

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