Arabic-L:LING:Needs technical term for hamza changes

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 27 Oct 2008
From:Alexander Elinson <alexander.elinson at gmail.com>
Subject:Needs technical term for hamza changes

Dear Colleagues,

I am wondering if there is a technical term for, or way of referring
to when a hamza in a word in fuSHaa changes to a yaa' in colloquial,
for example raa'iH/raayiH or ji'tu/jiit or faa'ida/faayida. Also, the
dropping of a hamza at the ends of words, e.g. alibbaa'/alibbaa,
ghadhaa'/ghadhaa, waraa'/waraa, etc. I am looking at a medieval text
where this occurs, and would like to know how to talk about it. I
would also be grateful to hear of other examples of this in medieval
texts that are mainly literary, but do include these
'colloquializations' peppered throughout.

You can either respond to the list or to me off list at
aelinson at hunter.cuny.edu.

Many thanks,

Alexander Elinson
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Hunter College of the City University of New York

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