Glossing Abbreviations

a

Arabic

acc

accusative

act

active

alv

alveolar

alvpal

alveopalatal

aor

aorist

art

article

artp

Articulatory Phonology

attr

attribute

caus

causative

clf

classifier

clo

closure

comp

complementiser

conj

conjunction

conn

connective

cop

copula

crit

critical

cst

construct state (head of attributive annexation)

dat

dative

def

definite (article)

deix.cop

deictic copula

dem

demonstrative

dep

dependent (marker of dependent clause or noun phrase)

det

determined state

dist

distal demonstrative

dm

discourse marker

dom

differential object marking

erg

ergative

exist

existential

ez

ezafe

f

feminine

foc

focus

fpl

feminine plural

fs

feminine singular

fut

future

gen

genitive

glo

glottis

gn

geographic name

h

Hebrew

hab

habitual

imp

imperative

impf

imperfect

ind

indicative

indef

indefinite

indet

indetermined state

ipfv

imperfective

irr

irrealis

k

Kurdish

lab

labial

lnk

linker

m

masculine

medp

mediopassive

mod

modal

mpl

masculine plural

ms

masculine singular

n

neuter

neg

negative

nmls

nominalisation

nom

nominative

npl

neuter plural

npsfx

nominal suffix

npst

non-past

ns

neuter singular

pal

palatal

pass

passive

pc

prefix conjugation

pers

personal

pfv

perfective

phar

pharyngeal

pl

plural

pn

personal name

pn

proper noun

poss

possessive

pret

preterite

prog

progressive

pron

pronoun

prs

present

pst

past

ptcp

participle

pvb

preverbal modifier

qam

qam pre-verbal prefix

qātl

Arabic qātel paradigm (historical active participle)

qattīl

qaṭṭīl adjective

qōtl

Western Neo-Aramaic qōṭel paradigm (historical active participle)

qtīl

qṭīl adjective and resultative participle

qtl

qatal and qṭal suffix conjugations in Arabic and Western Neo-Aramaic respectively

refl

reflexive

rel

relative

res

resultative

s

singular

sbjv

subjunctive

sc

suffixing conjugation

tb

tongue body

tt

tongue tip

uvu-phar

uvular-pharyngeal

vel

velum

voc

vocative

yqtl

yiqtol prefix conjugation in Arabic and Western Neo-Aramaic

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