Dr. Rahmi Y ARAN.
Arapça' da İsınin Sonuna Gelen Zaid "Ta" Harfinin Kelimeye Kattığı Anlamlar
M. Ü. İlalıiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
19 (2000), 171-183
Arapça' da İsınin Sonuna Gelen Zaid "Ta" Harfinin
Kelimeye Kattığı Anlamlar
Dr. Rahmi Y ARAN.
Abstract.
In Arabic granunar, an additicnal "ta" letter comes to the end of same names and this !etter
is conunonly known as "ta" of the femaleness, (taü't-te'nis). When one said "the sign of
the femaleness" in the names firstly this "ta" comes to the mind. In additicnal to this Jetter
there are same other signs of femaleness.
Infact, the additicnal "ta" has same other fıınctions as well as the femaleness. These can be
summarized as such: It indicates the singularity and exaggaration. It replaces the Jetter
which falls down from the word. In same plural words, it shows out that tlus word is not
Arabiç infact. Besides that, it intensifies the femaleness in the word. It transformes the singular
word into the plural fom1. Sometin1es the Jetter is added to the end of a masculine