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

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Excerpt from Catalogue of Arabic Books in the British Museum, Vol. 2The 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: +yé' are transcribed respectively cm and ai.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.