Arabic-L:LING:Can you greet nominatively?

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Date: 20 Feb 2003
From: Muhammad S Eissa <eissa at umich.edu>
Subject:Can you greet nominatively?

Salaam all:

I grew up and taught for decades using the greeting "SabaaHa/masaa'a
al-kahyr" in the accusative form. Therefore, hearing others using it in
the nominative  form"SabaaHu/masaa'u al-khayr" raised not a question of
correctness but rather of frequency. Would anyone enlighten me more in
this regard? Thanks in advance.

Salaam

Muhammad S. Eissa, Ph. D. (On Leave)
Department of Near Eastern Studies,
University of Michigan,

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