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The Deletion of The Feminine Marker in The Noble Qur’anic Text: Readings in Trends of Linguistic Thought

Journal: 
Journal of the Arab American University, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2022
Pages: 
226-262
Abstract: 

This study relates to some aspects of the purposeful deletion of the Arabic feminine marker “ha’” in the Noble Qur’anic text. It has resulted in a lot of controversies among Arab grammarians and linguists which, by their turn, have indicated that the Arabic Language uses particles followed by words to serve certain purposes; however, Arabic deletes these particles in special contexts and circumstances. The researcher aimed to explore the deletion of the marker and the reasons for such a deletion in qur’anic texts only in order to collect as many linguistic features as possible of the Arabic language that allow this deletion. The researcher found that Arabic is so broad and inclusive to the extent that deletion of some particles as “ha’” is plausible although it should not occur.

Keywords: 

drop, feminine marker “ha’”, Quran, Arabic, grammarians