Arabic-L:LING:Abi forms

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 23 Oct 2008
From:david.wilmsen at GMAIL.COM
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I stand corrected. Of course we should regard names fossilized into  
their
Abii forms as Shamy names and not Lebanese as such. They must predate  
the
political entity of Lebanon by several millennia.

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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