Arabic-L:LING:use of li-

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Date: 01 Apr 2008
From:Jonathan Lange <jonathanlange at yahoo.com>
Subject:use of li-

The talk of apposition reminded me of another Arabic
grammatical form I have seen numerous times in the
Middle East, but never learned in school.  That is the
use of the particle 'li' to link words, but not in
normal idafa-like order.  Ex. 'Misr li-tayyaraan' for
'Egypt Airlines'.  Should this not be 'tayyaraan
li-Misr' or just 'tayyaraan Misr'?

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