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According to the principles of Semitic noun
formation, a maf'al formation-i.e., a formation from a
root with the preformative ma- -means the place where the
action implied in the meaning of the root takes place. Thus,
ma'dsh, from 'asha "to live," would mean "the place
where one lives." However, this is certainly not the correct
derivation of ma'ash.
This paragraph and other parts of this section
have been translated [by H. Peres], in Bulletin des etudes
arabes (Algiers), VII (1947), 9 f. |
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Cf.
Issawi, pp. 78-80. |
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If
this is how the name is to be read, it suggests the famous
author of the Maqdmdt, al-Qasim b. 'Ali, 446-516
[1054/55-1122). Cf. GAL, I,
276 ff.; Suppl., I, 486 ff.
However, the remark quoted cannot be found in his Maqamat
(as de Slane recognized), nor in his lexicographical work,
Durrat al ghawwas. |
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Cf.
p. 327, below. |
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Apparently, a reference to pp. 19 H., above, in the third
chapter. De Slane suggested 1:289 f. in Ch. II, above, but only
because he misunderstood the last words of
the sentence as "people who have to pay taxes." |
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Cf.
n. 345 to Ch. 1, above, and p. 367, below. For his alleged
cultural contributions, cf. A. J. Wensinck in
El, s v. "Idris."
However, the attribute "second father of mankind" is not usually
applied to him. |
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This is
not the case with gambling or robbery. |
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