THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STRUCTURES OF THE STATIC NOUNS OF AL-ABAB ALZAKHER AND AL-LAB AL-FAKHER AL-SAGANI (T 650 )

Abstract

Most morphologists have stated that a word in Arabic is no less than a triliteral root. Al-Khalil said: "A noun can have no fewer than three letters: a letter to begin with, a letter to fill the word with, and a letter to pause on. These are three: letters, such as Sa'd, Umar, and similar nouns. Some nouns may have two letters in their pronunciation but three letters in their complete meaning, such as hand, blood, and mouth. The third letter is used because it comes in silent forms, and its nature is quiescent, like the ya' of yaday and the ya' of damma at the end of a word." We understand from Al-Khalil's statement that a noun is a triliteral root.