A Short Reference Grammar of Gulf ArabicUniversity of Arizona Press, 1977 - 274 pages Useful reference tool based on the everyday conversation of Persian Gulf residents speaking the Abu Dhabi dialect. Offers a readily understandable outline of phonology, morphology, and syntax. |
Common terms and phrases
9ala 9iid aana Abu Dhabi active participle adjectives aHsan baačir baga Bahrain bothered broken plural C₂ čaan čam camel Class I verbs Class VII coffee dašš defective verbs derived quadriliteral dialects double consonant doubled verbs Examples fa9al feminine singular fiiha fish foog free variation ga9ad gabil gahwa gender Gulf Arabic haada haadi Hagg halHiin hini hollow verbs Hurma huwa illi imperfect stem imperfect tense instance nouns inta kaan laazim lațiifa literary Arabic long vowel maal masculine plural masculine singular meaning modifiers muub niHin nisba noun construct nunation particle perfect tense verb person pharyngealized consonants phrases plural forms plural pattern prefix prepositions pseudo-verbal Qatar quadriliteral r-rayyaal raaH rayyaal relative clause š-šeex s.th šayy sentence Shaikh Similar to English sleep stem vowel suffixed pronoun syllable unit nouns usually variant verbal nouns verbs of Class vowel waa Hid waayid walla wanted word yadris yaji zeen