Catalogue of Arabic Books in the British Museum, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Catalogue of Arabic Books in the British Museum, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by A. G. Ellis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Arabic Books in the British Museum, Vol. 2 The combinations dammalh-single wdw and kasrah+single ya are tran scribed respectively 12 and i in closed syllables, uw and {y in open syllables, and u and i when final. Final short vowels are not transcribed: 12 and i at the end of a transcripu'on indicate respectively, in the penultimate of the original Arabic, dammalz double wdw and kasmh +doubleyd'. Elsewhere these com himations are transcribed ziw and y. Thus, for example, dl-sa'mi (fem. Al sdmg'yah) means the lofty one, whereas dl-sdmi (fem. Al-sdmiyah) means the Sernite. Final alif is transcribed (2; final yd' pronounced as alif is transcribed a. The diphthongs fat/rah +wa'w and fat/ml: +y ' are transcribed respectively cm and ai. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.