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The Suffix a:n in Arabic

Subject: The Suffix a:n in Arabic
From: "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim" <Jdibrahim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 28 Dec 2006 04:24:40 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.lang

قرآن فرقآن

كسلان  تعبان  عطشان جوعان  شبعان زعلان

The following words end with the suffix a;n
1.      Ist this suffix Arabic or Semitic in origin
2.      It seems to imply doing sth repeatedly as with  قرآن
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