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                                       Word Stress and Vowel Neutralization in Modern Standard Arabic 
                                        
                                                                                                                   Jack Halpern (春遍雀來) 
                                                                                        The CJK Dictionary Institute (日中韓辭典研究所)  
                                                                            34-14, 2-chome, Tohoku, Niiza-shi, Saitama 352-0001, Japan 
                                                                                                                            jack@cjki.org 
                                              
                                   
                                                                                                                                                 rules differ somewhat from those used in liturgi-
                                                                           Abstract                                                              cal Arabic. 
                                                                                                                                                         
                                          Word stress in Modern Standard Arabic is of                                                                   Arabic word stress and vowel neutralization 
                                          great importance to language learners, while                                                           rules have been the object of various studies, 
                                          precise stress rules can help enhance Arabic                                                           such as Janssens (1972), Mitchell (1990) and 
                                          speech technology applications. Though Ara-                                                            Ryding (2005). Though some grammar books 
                                          bic word stress and vowel neutralization rules                                                         offer stress rules that appear short and simple, 
                                          have been the object of various studies, the lit-                                                      upon careful examination they turn out to be in-
                                          erature is sometimes inaccurate or contradic-                                                          complete, ambiguous or inaccurate. Moreover, 
                                          tory. Most Arabic grammar books give stress                                                            the linguistic literature often contains inaccura-
                                          rules that are inadequate or incomplete, while                                                         cies, partially because little or no distinction is 
                                          vowel neutralization is hardly mentioned. The 
                                          aim of this paper is to present stress and neu-                                                        made between MSA and liturgical Arabic, or 
                                          tralization rules that are both linguistically ac-                                                     because the rules are based on Egyptian-accented 
                                          curate and pedagogically useful based on how                                                           MSA (Mitchell, 1990), which differs from stan-
                                          spoken MSA is actually pronounced.                                                                     dard MSA in important ways.  
                                  1 Introduction                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        Arabic stress and neutralization rules are wor-
                                  Word stress in both Modern Standard Arabic                                                                     thy of serious investigation. Other than being of 
                                  (MSA) and the dialects is non-phonemic.  great academic and theoretical interest, these 
                                  Whereas in English words like the noun permit                                                                  rules have practical applications in pedagogy, 
                                  are distinguished from the verb permit by stress                                                               speech technology, lexicography and the compi-
                                  alone, stress cannot be used to distinguish mean-                                                              lation of learning materials such as grammar 
                                  ings in Arabic. Thus even though Cariene speak-                                                                books and textbooks. Unfortunately, the results 
                                  ers by influence of their dialect may deviate from                                                             of linguistic research in this area have hardly 
                                  the standard and stress words like ُﻪ ُﺘ ﺒْ ﺘَ آَ  'I wrote it'                                                made their way into Arabic pedagogical materi-
                                  as /ka-tab-tu-hu/ rather than the standard /ka-                                                                als, including dictionaries. Consequently, almost 
                                  tab-tu-hu/, this difference in stress does not                                                                 all grammar books give stress rules that are in-
                                  change the meaning of the word (with rare ex-                                                                  adequate or incomplete, while vowel neutraliza-
                                  ceptions discussed below).                                                                                     tion is rarely mentioned. 
                                                                                                                                                         
                                         Standard MSA stress is based on the dialects                                                                   The aim of this paper is to present stress and 
                                  spoken in the Mashriq (east of Egypt and north                                                                 neutralization rules and exceptions that are both 
                                  of the Arabian Peninsula). Some fluctuations                                                                   linguistically accurate and pedagogically useful. 
                                  may occur in informally spoken MSA by influ-                                                                   The rules are presented from a pedagogical, 
                                  ence of the local vernacular. For example, Egyp-                                                               rather than a formal linguistic, point of view. 
                                  tians may apply dialectical stress patterns that                                                               Based on considerable research of the literature 
                                  sometimes differ from standard MSA, as in  on how MSA is actually spoken, and on informal 
                                  ﺔَﺳَرْﺪ ﻣَ   ‘school', stressed as /mad-ra-sa/ rather                                                          interviews with informants, the rules given here 
                                  than the standard mad-ra-sa/. Although on the                                                                  aim to be unambiguous and complete. 
                                  whole stress in formal MSA (as for example in 
                                  newscasts) is fairly uniform throughout the Arab 
                                  world, it is important to note that MSA stress 
                                   
                                  1 
                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2                                                                                                                                            Format and Definitions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   3. CVC ْﺐﺏَ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 consonant followed by a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Phonemic transcriptions are surrounded by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             /bab/                                                                                                                                       short vowel and a conso-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        nant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      slashes (except inside tables), while syllable   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      boundaries, which do not necessarily coincide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3.                                                                                A superheavy syllable consists of a conso-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      with morphemic boundaries, are indicated by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               nant followed by one or two vowels fol-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      hyphens. Parentheses indicate the second half of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lowed by one or two consonants: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      a long vowel or consonant that is not pronounced                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (neutralized), as in /ya(a)-baan/, or possibly pro-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. CVVC                                                                                                                                                                                            نﻮُﻧ                                                                                                                            consonant + long vowel + 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      nounced half-long. Boldface is used to indicate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         /nuun/  consonant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the stressed syllable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CVVC                                                                                                                                                           مْﻮَﻳ                                                                                                                           consonant + diphthong + 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              /yawm/ consonant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Two consecutive vowels (as in CVV or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         5. CVCC                                                                                                                                                                                            ّﺐ آَ                                                                                                                           consonant + short vowel + 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      CVVC) represent either a long vowel (نﻮُﻧ 'the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /kabb/                                                                                                                          double consonant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      letter nuun' /nuun/) or a diphthong (مْﻮَﻳ 'day'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         CVCC                                                                                                                                                           قْﺮﺏَ                                                                                                                           consonant + short vowel + 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      /yawm/). Similarly, two consonants (as in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               /barq/                                                                                                                          consonant + consonant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      CVCC) represent either a double consonant, in-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       6. CVVCC   ّب ﺎ ﺷَ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 consonant + long vowel+ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      dicated by a shadda (ّﺞ َﺣ  'pilgrimage' /Haj(j)/), or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               /shaabb/ double consonant 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      distinct consonants (قْﺮَﺏ 'lightning' /barq/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Only one superheavy syllable can appear in a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Disyllabic, as is self evident, refers to words                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 word, which almost always occurs at word end. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      consisting of two syllables, while polysyllabic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         But occasionally superheavy syllables can occur 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      refers to those consisting of three or more sylla-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in other positions, as in دﱠﺎَﺷ /shaad-da/ 'he argued'. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      bles but excludes those of two syllables. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              4 Stress Rules 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Proclitics in Arabic refer to one-letter func-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1.  Stress always falls on the ultimate syl-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      tion words such as the definite article and some                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     lable if that syllable is superheavy. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      prepositions attached to the beginning of a word.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This rule takes precedence over all oth-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      These include ْلاَ  /'al/, َو  /wa/, َف  /fa/, ِب  /bi/, ِل  /li/,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ers. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      َل  /la/, َك  /ka/, َأ  /'a/ and َس  /sa/, and are ignored in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      determining stress. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3 Syllabic Structure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Arabic Roman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  English
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To understand stress rules properly, it is neces-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ل ﺎ َﺟ ِر                                                                                                                                                                                                   ri-jaal men 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      sary to understand how words are divided into                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ﺪ ﻳ ِﺪ َﺟ                                                                                                                                                                                                   ja-diid new 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      syllables (syllabic structure). Arabic syllables are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           نﺎَﺏﺎَﻳ                                                                                                                                                                                                     ya(a)-baan   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of six structural types that can be classified into                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ﻲّ                         ِﻧ          ﺎ         ﺏَ          ﺎ          َﻳ                                                                                                                                  ya(a)-ba(a)-niyy Japanese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the three categories defined below: light, heavy 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and superheavy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Table 1: Stress on superheavy 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1.                                                                                A light syllable consists of a consonant fol-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2.  In monosyllabic words, stress falls on 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        lowed by a short vowel (CV).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the ultimate syllable. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1. CV                                                                                                                                        َك  /ka/ consonant followed by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Arabic Roman English 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         a short vowel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ﺎَﻣ                                                                                                                                                        ma(a)                                                                                                                                                              what 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CV                                                                                                                         ِب  /bi/ consonant followed by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ْﺪ ﻗَ                                                                                                                                                      qad                                                                                                                                                                already 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         a short vowel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ﺪْ              َﻘ          َﻟ                                                                                                                             la-qad already 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ﻢَﻜِﺏ                                                                                                                                                      bi-kam how much 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2.                                                                                A heavy syllable consists of either a conso-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Table 2: Stress on ultimate 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        nant followed by two vowels (CVV), or of a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        consonant followed by a short vowel and a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Though it is self-evident that monosyl-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        consonant (CVC).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   labic words can only be stressed on the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           single syllable, it is necessary to keep in 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. CVV  ﺎَﺏ /baa/  consonant followed by a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             mind that proclitics are ignored in count-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               long vowel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ing syllables, so that disyllabic words, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           CVV                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 consonant followed by a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     like  ﺪْ َﻘ َﻟ  are considered monosyllabic for 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ْﻲ آَ                                          /kay/  diphthong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            stress purposes. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. In disyllabic words, stress falls on the pe-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      nultimate syllable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     5.  In polysyllabic words, stress falls on the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     antepenultimate  if the penultimate is light. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Arabic Roman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           English                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   َﻲ ِه                                                                                                                                                      hi-ya she                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Arabic                                                                                                                                                                   Roman English 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﻰَﻨَﺏ                                                                                                                                                      ba-na(a) he built                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              َﺐ َﺘ َآ                                                                                                                                                                 ka-ta-ba he wrote 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﺪَﻟَو                                                                                                                                                      wa-lad son                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ﺎﺒََﺘَآ                                                                                                                                                                  ka-ta-ba(a) they wrote 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﺪَﻟَﻮْﻟَا                                                                                                                                                  ‘al-wa-lad the son                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             َﺐ َﺕ ﺎ آَ                                                                                                                                                               kaa-ta-ba(a) he corre-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﺪَﻟَﻮﻟٱَْ و                                                                                                                                                wal-wa-lad and the son                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       sponded 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   َت ﺎ ﺏَ                                                                                                                                                    baa-ta                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      he spent the night                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 َﺘ         َآ                 ﺖْ                               َﺒ                                                                                                        ka-ta-bat she wrote 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   اَذﺎﻣَ                                                                                                                                                     maa-dha(a) what                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ﺔَﻤِﻠَآ                                                                                                                                                                  ka-li-ma word 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﺐِﺕﺎَآ                                                                                                                                                     kaa-tib writer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ِﺔ               َﻤ                 ِﻠ       َآ                                                                                                                          ka-li-ma-ti my word 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ُﻦ ﺤ ﻧَ                                                                                                                                                    naH-nu we                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ﺔٌ               َﻤ                 ِﻠ       َآ                                                                                                                          ka-li-ma-tun word 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﺎَﻨﻠُﻗ                                                                                                                                                     qul-na(a) we said                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ﺔَﻤِﺻﺎَﻋ                                                                                                                                                                 `aa-Si-ma capital 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﱠد              ﺎ          ﺷَ                                                                                                                              shaad-da he argued                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ﺔٌ               َﻤ                 ِﺻ ﺎ ﻋَ                                                                                                                              `aa-Si-ma-tun capital 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ﻞَﺟَأ                                                                                                                                                      'a-jal indeed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ﺔﺒََﺘْﻜَﻣ                                                                                                                                                                mak-ta-ba library 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Table 3: Penultimate stress in disyllabic words                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ﻲِﺘَﺒَﺘْﻜَﻣ                                                                                                                                                              mak-ta-ba-ti(i) my library 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ﺔٌ               َﺒ          َﺘ         ﻜْ                 َﻣ                                                                                                            mak-ta-ba-tun library 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         •                                                                      Every possible structure of disyllabic 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                words, including those with short vowels,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Table 5: Antepenultimate stress 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                long vowels, diphthongs and clitics, is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                shown above. In principle, stress is always                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   5                                                                                                                                            Applying Stress Rules 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                on the first syllable of disyllabic words. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                However, some words that seem disyllabic,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Below are some points to keep in mind when 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                like  ﻢْ َﻜ ِﺏ , are actually monosyllabic with a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             applying the stress rules. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                proclitic attached. Since proclitics are not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                stressed, this must be pronounced /bi-kam, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                not bi-kam. On the other hand, though /'al-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   5.1                                                                                                                                          Syllabification 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wa-lad/ and /wal-wa-lad/ are obviously 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                polysyllabic, they are stressed like disylla-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 In standard pronunciation of MSA only the last 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bic words because the proclitics /wa/ and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     three syllables are relevant for determining stress, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                /'al/ are ignored in counting syllables.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      which means that stress never falls on the pre-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         •                                                                      The stress on the ultimate syllable of /'a-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   antepenultimate syllable or before that. Thus if a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                jal/, a rare exception, is explained below.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   word consists of four or more syllables, only one 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of the last three is stressed. Dividing words into 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4.  In polysyllabic words, stress falls on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        syllables and counting the number of syllables 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the penultimate if that syllable is  correctly is essential for determining stress. To 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   heavy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     do so properly, it is necessary to understand the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              structure of light, heavy and superheavy syllables. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Arabic Roman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       English                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        For example, ﺪ ﻳ ِﺪ َﺟ  /ja-diid/ 'new' (CV-CVVC) is 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ٌﺪ              ﻳ          ﺪِ              ﺟَ                                                                                                                                                                                     ja-dii-dun new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  disyllabic because it consists of one light and one 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ْﻢ ﺘُ                      ْﺒ         ﺘَ          آَ                                                                                                                                                                              ka-tab-tum you wrote  superheavy syllable, whereas ٌﺪ ﻳ ﺪِ ﺟَ  /ja-dii-dun/ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ﻲ ﺕِ ﺎ َﻤ ِﻠ َآ                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ka-li-maa-ti(i) my words                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (CV-CVV-CVC) polysyllabic because it consists 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ﻲّ                         ِﻧ          ﺎ         ﺏَ          ﺎ          َﻳ                                                                                                                                                        ya(a)-baa-ni(yy) Japanese                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       of one light and two heavy syllables). 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ya(a)-ba(a)-niy-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ﱞﻲ ِﻧ ﺎ ﺏَ                                                   ﺎ          َﻳ                                                                                                                                                        yun                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Japanese                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ن ﻮ ﻴُ ِﻧ ﺎ ﺏَ                                                                            ﺎ         َﻳ          َ                                                                                                                 ya(a)-ba(a)-ni-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Japanese 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              yuu-na 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Table 4: Penultimate stress on heavy syllables 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Ignoring Proclitics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            5.4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Nisba Adjectives 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Proclitics are not stressed and must be disre-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The  nisba is a type of adjective that indicates 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                garded when applying stress rules. For example,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                relation or pertinence, such as nationality. The 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ﺪَﻟَو /wa-lad/ 'boy', stressed on the penultimate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              masculine is formed by adding the suffix ّي  /iyy/ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                according to Rule 3, maintains the stress on the َو                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and the feminine by addingِ ﺔﱠﻳ /iyya/. For exam-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                /wa/ even when combined with the definite arti-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ple, the nisba for نُ ﺎ ﺏَ ﺎ َﻴ ﻟْ َا  /'al-ya(a)-baa-nu/ 'Japan' 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                cle; i.e., ﺪَﻟَﻮْﻟَأ is stressed /'al-wa-lad/, not /'al-wa-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    becomes ﻲّ ِﻧ ﺎ ﺏَ ﺎ َﻳ  /ya(a)-ba(a)-niyy 'Japanese' in the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                lad/, as one would expect from Rule 5. To re-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  masculine and ﺔﻴِّﻧﺎَﺏﺎَﻳ /ya(a)-ba(a)-niy-ya/ in the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                phrase, although /'al-wa-lad/ consists of three                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                feminine/. Strictly speaking, in formal MSA 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                syllables, the first is ignored so that stress rules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ﻲّ                                                                                                                  ِﻧ                                              ﺎ                                            ﺏَ                                               ﺎ                                            َﻳ                                                 should be pronounced /ya(a)-ba(a)-niyy/ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                are applied as if it were a disyllabic word (Rule                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (or ﱞﻲ ِﻧ ﺎ ﺏَ ﺎ َﻳ  /ya(a)-ba(a)-niy-yun/ if the case ending 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            is pronounced). Note that the stress is on the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               /niyy/ according to Rule 1 because /niyy/ is a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               There is a small set of disyllabic words that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   superheavy syllable consisting of CVCC. In real-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                consist of a proclitic followed by a single sylla-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ity, however, the masculine nisba suffix is often 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ble. For example, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ﻢْ                                                                َﻜ                                                                            ِﺏ                                                /bi-kam/ 'how much' con-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   pronounced /ii/ or /iiy/ (normally shortend to /i/), 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                sists of the proclitic ِب   /bi/ and ْﻢآَ  /kam/ 'how                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          rather than the formal /iyy/, causing the stress to 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                much'. If proclitics were not ignored, this word                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               shift to the penultimate -- in this case /ya(a)-baa-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                would be stressed on the penultimate as /bi-kam/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ni(yy)/ -- according to Rule 4 (see more below). 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                according to Rule 3. Ignoring the proclitic means                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In short, ﻲّ ِﻧ ﺎ ﺏَ ﺎ َﻳ   can have at least two pronuncia-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                that it should be pronounced /bi-kam/, so that it                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              tions: the formal /ya(a)-ba(a)-niyy and the more 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is stressed as if it were monosyllabic according                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               common /ya(a)-baa-ni(yy)/. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                to Rule 2 though in fact it is disyllabic. By ex-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                actly the same logic, ﺪْ َﻘ َﻟ  'already', which consists                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note that none of these subtleties regarding 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the proclitic َل  /la/ combined with ﺪَﻗ /qad/ 'al-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            nisba pronunciation constitutes an exception to 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ready', is pronounced /la-qad/ according to Rule                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the stress rules. As long as the rules are applied 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2, not /la-qad/ according to Rule 3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           strictly based on how the word is  pronounced, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the stressed syllable can be predicted by the rules. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Stress Shift                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The reason that nisba adjectives can have two 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               different stress patterns is because they can have 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The number of syllables is determined by how                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   two (or more) different pronunciations. Since the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the word is actually pronounced, not by how it                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 syllabic structures for these different pronuncia-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "should" be pronounced. Even in highly formal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tions are not the same, different rules need to be 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                spoken MSA case endings and some final vowels                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  applied (Rule 1 or Rule 4). 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                are often omitted, which cause the syllable count                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                to decrease and the stress to shift backwards. For                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             5.5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Final Long Vowels 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                example, if the case ending ٌة  /tun/ of ﺔٌ َﺒ َﺘ ﻜْ َﻣ   'li-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                brary', pronounced /mak-ta-ba-tun/ according to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Final long vowels, which are normally neutral-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rule 5, is omitted, the syllable count decreases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ized, are not stressed. Thus 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                from four to three. This causes the stress to shift                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ﺎَﻤُه 'they two' is pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                backwards from /ta/ to /mak/ according to Rule 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               nounced /hu-ma(a)/, not /hu-maa/. This is nei-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                so that the word is pronounced /mak-ta-ba/.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ther a rule nor an exception, but a logical corol-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               lary derived from the rules. For  /hu-ma(a)/, ap-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               On the other hand, when words like ٌب ﺎ ﺘَ آِ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   plying Rule 3 yields the correct stress. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                'book', pronounced /ki-taa-bun/ according to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Roman English 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rule 4, are shortened to ب ﺎ َﺘ ِآ  /ki-taab/, the stress                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           hu-ma(a) They 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                shifts forward by one syllable according to Rule                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           hu-na(a) Here 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1 (stress on superheavy). Interestingly, though                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ﻰَﻨَﺏ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ba-na(a) he built 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the stress shifts from the penultimate /taa/ to the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           maa-dha(a) What 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ultimate syllable /taab/, the stress is still on the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           qul-na(a) we said 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                same long vowel /aa/.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Table 6: Final long vowels 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             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