I am sorry, but in my haste my previous mail just escaped from under
my fingers.
In my opinion there is no "third sound" and no "precision element".
It is the single-consonant root R which gives the root the sense of
scattering. We have already talked about it here, and if I correctly
recall it, I listed all the Hebrew roots containing R. You may want
to look for it. I don't think that a Hebrew root can carry the idea
of "absence", nor of "poverty".
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:11 AM, David Kolinsky wrote:
Dear all,
I was reading the wikipedia entry on arabic and came across this
curious tidbit, any comments?
"With research scientists realized that the triconsonantal root
consists
of: 1) two beginning sounds - a rootcell and 2) the third sound
which is
a precision element. I.e.: the rootcell f-r has the meaning of
scattering in space. Then, f-r-g means cleaving, f-r-d - making
separate, f-r-s - tearing to pieces; the rootcell f-q means the
main idea of absence, so: f-q-d means loosing, f-q-r means poverty
and so on. "
Shavua Tov,
David Kolinsky
Monterey, CA
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