Re: Small Alef (was Re: Standalone Superscript Alef (Item 8))

[Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>]

On Saturday 26 June 2004 11:51, Thomas Milo wrote:
> Dear Mohammed,
>
> Please consult a Qur'anic scholar yourself and put to him the questions:
>
> 1. If one removes the fatha's from /qaala/, does that change the meaning of
> the alif?
>
> 2. if one removes the fatha and kasra from /dhaalika/, does that change the
> meaning of the small alif?
>
> 3. If one moves the first fatha of /qaala/ to the left, away from the qaf,
> does that change the meaning of fatha?
>

Those don't need a scholar, the answers are so obvious.
But anyway, I will go ask an Arabic scholar from College of Arabic Language,
Al-Azhar University and return to you.

-- 
Mohammed Yousif
Egypt