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alternation for Kal Ansar, i.e. Sg ezz but PI es-αη with ungeminated s (and full
α suggesting contraction from /esi-aen/, cf. feminine t-ezzi-t-t or t-essi-t-t).
The relationship between the noun 'age-mate' and the verb 'coincide (in
time)' in (22.d) is probably opaque synchronically. The noun itself was not
recognized by some speakers and appears to be confined to certain dialects.
The verb is cited in the Sg Imprt form züyys-t, but as with most C-initial stems
it often appears in initially geminated stem shapes like PerfP -azzuyyas-t.
In (22.e-f), the sibilant is geminated in the VblN but not in any inflectable
stem. The VblN of '(skin and) butcher' (e) varies between ss and zz, while that
of 'run' (f) consistently shows zz.
For 'niece' (22.g), gemination occurs in the ablaut PI, which has zz versus
s in the Sg.
Fuller dialectal data on these stems are presented in the relevant dictionary
entries.3.1.1.6 Alternation of s and ζ
The alternations covered here are lexically idiosyncratic.
For 'red, brown', I recorded forms with s throughout the word-family, e.g.
ImprtIswcnr 'become red!', MaSg participle saeggaer-asn or seeggaer-asn 'red',
and abstractive noun t-a-sure 'redness'. However, I did record a relative
adjectival noun as ά-zwcnr 'red one' with z.
For 'be wondrous', I recorded forms with consonantal sequences Vssb and
Vzzb, e.g. PerfP -sesosseb- varying with -sezozaeb-. These forms are borrowed
from Arabic V?zb.3.1.1.7 Alternation of w and gg
There is an alternation of single w with geminated gg. It is not fully
productive, and except when solidly lexicalized (e.g. verbal nouns) the
tendency is to level it out, the usual result being w and geminated ww.
In verbal inflection, I observed no cases of gg due to gemination of stem-
initial w in the PerfP or ShlmpfP stems: Imprt waellasf 'invent' and PerfP
-awwslaef- (not #-3ggslaef)· Likewise, the PerfP type -aswwaeC-, e.g.
-aewwasr- 'keep back', has ww instead of gg. One could argue for -owaeC- as
the basic PerfP stem for such verbs, since in all imperfective stems they are
treated like verbs with PerfP -oPasC- (with Ρ other than w).
However, in the Lolmpf of -vwvC- verbs, gg (probably the original
treatment) is attested in variation with leveled-out ww, hence awst 'hit'
(Imprt), LoImpfP -(t-)sgg0t- alongside -(t-)3wwdt-. The same is true of
-vCwvC- verbs: PerfP -aswaer- 'precede', but LoImpfP (with medial
gemination) -sawwasr- or -saggasr-.