Arabic-L:LING:more on onomatopoeia

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Date: 15 Dec 2006
From: "Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:more on onomatopoeia

More Observations on the onomatopoeia and semantics of (عنعنة):

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|        'echoic' is lots easier to spell.
|        how about   /gharghara/  =  'to  gargle;'
|        but not  /`an`ana/  =  'to relate (mostly)
|        Hadiths to  [`an] reliable authorities?'           --ms
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Ø     The commonly used sense of the word (عنعن) is to transmit  
an account
through a series of authorities leading to the main source.  That is
strictly the denotation of the word, but on the plane of sound,  
wouldn't the
aggregate of the repeated (عن) in a given narrative qualify the  
(عنعنة) as
onomatopoeic?

Ø     The dialect of the Tam*i*m tribe is characterized by  
pronouncing the
hamza as a 'ayn (ع); thus (عنعنة تميم). Conversely, the  
substitution of the
hamza for the (ع) is either a speech impediment or

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Date: 15 Dec 2006
From: "Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:more on onomatopoeia

Onomatopeic words are those that echo or imitate the natural sounds  
of things
as heard. Arabic is rich in onomatopeia such as the words 'khariir' that
stands for the sound that water makes at it moves; Hadeel is the word  
given
for the sound of the voice that a pegion makes; saleel is the word  
that echoes
the sound of the sword,  'sareer' is the sound that doors make;  
faheeh is the
word that stands for the sound that snakes make; hafeef is the word that
stands for the sound that fallen leaves of trees make; safeer is the  
word that
stands for the sound the wind makes; za'eer stands for the sound of  
the lion's
voice etc. This is how I understand it. These sounds stuck to my mind  
since
high school. Not to mention rugaa for camel, thugaa for goat etc


M. Abdelwali

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