ARABIC-L: LING: Root of 'nasta:iinu'

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Date: 11 Jan 1999
From: Abdel-Rahman Amer <ABDOU at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: Root of 'nasta:iinu'

Salam.
This is nothing professional, only a little trick to make your job
easier. So long as the verb is six letters long "esta3ana" then it has to
be on the "estaf3ala" wazn, meaning that the last three characters are
the root. Since the intermediate alef has to have a "waw" or "yaa2"
origin this leaves you with either "3 w n" or "3 y n".  Look them both up!
although with little practice you can tell which is the right one
immediately.

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