Genders for certain Arabic words


Date Submitted:	28-Jul-2006
From:	Sarah Harmon
Subject:	Genders for certain Arabic words
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Notice:	In working on my dissertation topic--gender in Romance--I am following the etymologies of certain words. I have what I need, save for some words which were derived from Classical Arabic words. I have glosses for most of them, and I need genders for all of them. I have zero ability to read Arabic script, and so the bilingual Arabic dictionaries available are useless to me, since I can't look up the words. If anyone can tell me the gender of the following words, I would highly appreciate it: qadi 'judge' (I'm guessing this one is masculine?) rukn/rukun (possibly meaning 'corner'? > Sp. rincon) hasana 'good work' batil 'free' (I was told via Corrominas that this was a noun, but it seems like an adjective to me.) qirba 'wineskin; drunkard' garf 'fist' Again, thank you in advance for your help. Sarah Harmon Doctoral Candidate, Romance Linguistics The University of Texas