A Comparative Lexical Study of Qur?anic Arabic

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c attala The NWS cognates (belonging to the secondary root C RTL) correspond
to Arab. C TL 'to be destitute of ornaments (a woman), or weapons,
property, discipline, good mental qualities (a man)', and c utul 'the denuded,
unclad part/s of the body' (Lane 2082^2).
c aqqaba CDG 66 suggests that the verb is denominative: C QB 'a heel' >
'to follow someone closely', that is 'to be behind someone, watch, guard'.
'aqara The NWS cognates correspond to Arab, 'to wound, strike, cut
(the legs of camel, horse); stab, slaughter by stabbing; slay, destroy; cut off
the head of a palm-tree, cut down trees; be, or become barren (woman)'
(Lane 2107-8). The sense of 'root' at the base of the NWS cognates is
found in Arab. c aqr 'the principal part (of a country)', 'aqqar 'what is used
medicinally, of plants and of their roots' (Lane 2109-10).
c aqala Cf. M. Cohen 1969: 86 re SS cognates c lq, glq 'to see'. These are
not found in Conti Rossini 1931, Biella 1982, and Beeston (et alii] 1982.
c amila CDG54 does not exclude the possibility that the form ma'bal could
be the result of metathesis of mab'al.
c amm See also Arab. c amm 'a company of men, ... of a tribe, ... or a
numerous company' (Lane 2149). This is cognate with Syr. and Aram.
c amma 'people'; BH ( am 'people'; Ph. c m 'people, community'; Akk. ammu
'Volk'? (Can. Iw); ummatu 'Hauptmasse'; ummanu 'Menschenmenge, Heer,
Arbeitstruppe'; Ug. c m 'people'.
c anita Lane 2168 translates 'a&z c alqyh ma 'anittum (Q. 9: 128) 'Grievous
unto him is your experiencing of difficulty, or hardship, or distress'. The
Syr. and Aram, cognates fall within this semantic sphere.
c inda Ge. } enta 'in; juxta, praeter, circa' could be related. See CDG 33
for the lexical background in the various Semitic languages.
mu'awwiqin Cf. Syr. c awek 'to hinder, impede'.
'a ana Driver (1936:114 15) states that ma'dn in the Psalms cannot mean
'dwelling place' (the usual meaning assigned to this word) for there seems
to be no Semitic root C WN meaning 'to dwell'. The Heb. word should be
cognate with Arab, ma'an 'halting-place, abode' prob. < C YN, hence 'a place
of wells', and corresponding to Heb. ma'yan (unless it is not related to Heb.
c dnd and Ar. gana(y) 'to dwell').
c dba (y) The sense in Aram, is very close to Arab, 'abahu 'He [found
fault with him . . . blamed, upbraided, or reproached him; or] attributed or
imputed to him . . ., or charged him with, or accused him of, a vice,
fault, ' (Lane 2206).
c ir Cf. Lane 2208-9 re c ayr 'ass' (wild or domestic), and c lr ". . . 'a caravan,
a caravan of asses' . . . then extended to any caravan."
guta The definition in Lane 2231 renders the Syr. cognate more evident:
'. . . rubbish, or small rubbish, or particles of things, or refuse and