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386 7 Verbal morphology
§7.3.1.9. We therefore need an unusual gemination formative Γ-m to
geminate the medial C of the stem, in the perfective only. The medial C is C,
in these verbs, but I will present another type of adjectival verb in §7.3.1.11
where it is C 2 , so the common feature is that the geminated C is the medial C
(alternatively, the penultimate C). When the verb already has a (nongeminate)
cluster, Γ-m is not audibly present.
A second difference is that, for the verbs in this section, we get
imperfective «i α» (rather than «u α») even when there is a u in the perfective.
This holds for T-ka and K-d but not for A-grm or R.
Consider the data in (384). All stems here show Γ-m, though this is moot
for stems of the same general type that already have a CC cluster. The verb 'be
thirsty' shows that the u in the perfective does not affect the «i α» imperfective
vocalic sequence (for T-ka and K-d). 'Follow' is not adjectival semantically
but belongs morphologically to this group.
(384) Adjectival -IPaC- Imperfective, Geminated -vPPuC- Perfective
'be thirsty' 'follow' 'be heavy' 'be sweet'
-vfud- -vlil- -vzay- -vzed-
a. perfective system
PerfP -affud- -allil- -sezzay- -sezzed-
Reslt -sffud- -allil- -aezzay- -aezzed-
PerfN -affud- -sllil- -aezzay- -sezzed-
b. short imperfective system
Shlmpf -Ifad- -Hal- -Izay- -Izad-
Imprt Ifad Hal Izay Izad
c. long imperfective system
LoImpfP -t-ifad- -t-llal- -t-izay- -t-lzad-
LoImpfN -t-lfad- -t-llal- -t-azay- -t-azad-
Prohib -t-lfad- -t-llal- -t-azay- -t-azad-
d. nominalization
VblN [various lexical nouns and feminine nominals]
For dialects other than T-ka and A-grm, i.e. the set of dialects {I K-d R
T-md), we get initial ae rather than 9 in the perfectives of 'be thirsty' and
'follow', as in other verb classes where a high full V occurs in the following
syllable.
For A-grm and R dialects, the imperfectives of the -sffud- 'be thirsty'
subtype have u rather than i in the imperfectives: Imprt üfad, LoImpfP
-t-ufad-, etc.
