Arabic-L:LING:to laugh

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Date: 25 April 2011
From: Nizar Habash <habash at ccls.columbia.edu>
Subject: to laugh

Hi -- just wanted to put my 2 cents in:

I think the source of the question is about the possible similarity between DiHik/DaHak and 
xirib/xarab fall_apart/destroy (unaccusative/causitive which is also intransitive/transitive). 
Unlike xirib/xarab, DiHik/DaHak are (sub)dialectal phonological variants. Both are intransitive.
The  "to fool" sense is expressed with a different sub-categorization frame requiring a second argument 
expressed as object of preposition EalaY.  

Nizar Habash

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Date: 25 April 2011
From:  rehab eldeeb <r_eldeeb at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: to laugh

Dear Farzan ,
that's Rehab  El Deeb !!! hope you are fine .
About the verb diHik versus daHak , this is only the difference in pronunciation between Cairo and Alexandria and some northern cities ; it doesn't change the meaning . I say : diHik  to mean to laugh and when I add the preposition 3ala to be diHik 3ala   someone as an expression then it will mean to fool someone . the short voweling of the verb itself is a variation only .
About the other verb you asked about , I actually did not understand what you mean with it  . pleased to be of any help.

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Date: 25 April 2011
From:  Farzan Zaheed <farzanzaheed at yahoo.com>
Subject: to laugh

Thanks you all for responding to my query about the variation in pronunciation of diHik/daHak. From the responses it seem that the verb is pronounced mostly with a kasrah. Sometimes it is pronounced with a fatHa by certain speakers from Alexandria. However, speakers report being consistent in their pronunciation whether the meaning is 'to laugh' or 'to trick.'

Shukran
Farzan Zaheed.

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