The semantics of faula-patt ern verbs in Arabic literary language

Abstract

In this article the author traces the influence of
verbal variance on the semantic classification of faula-pattern
verbs. The author analyses the way the homonymous
and synonymous verbs of this model function in the classical
and modern periods of Arabic literary language development.
He focuses on the verbal construction where the faula-pattern
verb does not indicate quality, occurring over time. He
describes the meanings of faula-pattern verbs, which were
used in Classical Arabic but have been abandoned in the
modern linguistic reality