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body, in order that difficulties may not arise. But you committed yourself m sbis
matter without consultation. Therefore my son Isa does not agree to this contract
which has been concluded between you and the German, for he apprehends difficulties
from the participation of foreigners in this business.
agreement than to do as he [the German) Irish And you have been informed oetoie
this that an association with the German in the red oxide matter should not take piace,
because it was to be feared that it would lead to unpleasant consequences, lhat is
what my son Isa says. I have communicated it to you for your iniormation, and
srreetinff.
g ABDALLATIF.
8 Dulhidje, 1324 (January 23, 1907).
Annex 37.
The Arabian Miss
Mr. 0. Eisenhut, Robert Wonckhaus and Co., Bussorah;
My dear Mr. Eisenhut, 5, 1909.
REPLYING to your communication of a few days since, in which you a.sk me to
define an Arabic sentence, I wish to report as follows :—
I.—'JlLuU is the Masdar of the Xth conjugation of the root Jk). The verb
Jk, is an intransitive verb signifying to be r The second conju
gation jL on the measure makes the verb transitive, and the Masdar (German
infinitivus) indicates nullification, abolition, The lourth measure JIijI (^Ui*)
likewise makes the intransitive verb transitive.
It is the function of the Xth conjugation to impart to the Ilnd and IVth measures the
significance of a desire to, an asking to, a and occasionally
imparts reflexive meaning.
Vide Palmer's Arabic Grammar, p. 31.
Vide Socin's Arabic Grammar (Berlin, 1895), p. 29, § 26.
Of, also < jJJ 1
Cf. also the standard Arabic dictionary " Qatr-el-Muhit,"
JlkiJJ signifies " a desire or request to
II.—XJjUuH slfe il .liu), root Jli, to say, speak. The form a J j U u , means a conference,
a conversation, dispute, &c. Then by derivation but usually
agreement. For " a written agreement" would be properly used, though there is
locally in Bussorah some looseness in the use of this word.
Ill—^ from the root meaning to be good, signifies
preferable, with no implication of compulsion except that of a
E.g., in the Moslem call to prayer at dawn : (" prayer is better
than sleep ").
E.g., <o ^ (charity).
E.g.,^ L^r (a charitable society).
Cf. Matthew xviii: 8 Van Dyck's version.
Cf. Matthew xviii: 8 Jesuit version.
IV.—root
The IVth measure signifies to respond, reply, implying no compulsion.
signifies a favourable answer or reply, with Wortabet
Dictionary, in loco. ijU-t is wider than JoJ (acceptance), inasmuch as may