Re: The Suffix a:n in Arabic

Subject:	Re: The Suffix a:n in Arabic
From:	"Peter T. Daniels"
Date:	28 Dec 2006 07:16:53 -0800
Newsgroups:	sci.lang

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> كسلان  تعبان  عطشان جوعان  شبعان زعلان
> قرآن فرقآن
>
> These words end with the suffix a:n
> 1.    Ist this suffix Arabic or Semitic in origin

Yes.

> 2.    It seems to imply doing sth repeatedly as with  قرآن

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