Thanks, Nick. That's what I thought it is. Though I liked the vowel harmony of /mühämmädü-nü r-räsûlü/...
heer wrote: >> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Gregg Reynolds wrote: >> >>>> Even then, Arabic script does not fully cover the Arabic language >>>> from a linguistic perspective. A (or maybe /the/) striking example >>>> is the inserted vowel between the /n/ of tanween and any initial >>>> cluster of consonants, e.g., /muHammadu-ni r-rasuulu/: it has no >>>> orthographic expression (I found it described as kasra, bound to a >>>> small nuun in an Ottoman handbook, but I never attested it in a >>>> manuscript). >>> >>> (I think you mean /muHammadu-nu r-rasuulu/ ;) >>> >> >> According to Wright's Grammar, Vol. I, p. 22, /muHammadu-ni >> r-rasuulu/ is correct. >> >> Nicholas >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
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