Wortbildung im Arabischen

Abstract

Word Formation in Arabic

This research paper discusses word formation in Arabic. The analysis leads to the conclusion that Arabic has a very small number of affixes, but thanks to internal inflection it is an important means of enriching vocabulary. The affix has no vowel, only the formed word has vowels. One can state the following; in both languages (Arabic and German) the same phenomenon occurs:
1. Prefix belongs to the verb (IBN JINNI I,230)
2. Suffixation to the noun (IBN JINNI I,236)
In Arabic, quantity is expressed by nouns and not by adjectives, especially when it comes to the numbers 3 to 10. Although affixing is widely used in Arabic, the number of affixes remains very small, and the Arabs have not created any new affixes:
The Arabic language has not had to create other affixes. She could multiply the existing affixes through internal inflection. This corroborates Fleisch view stating that: "Classical Arabic then comes out of the test with great honor and remains a  typical example of an internally inflected language".

typical example of an internally inflected language".