Semantic approach to translating the Arabic various plurals of one word into English

Other Title(s)

مدخل دلالي لترجمة صيغ الجموع المتنوعة للكلمة الواحدة من اللغة العربية الى اللغة الانكليزية

Joint Authors

al-Kabi, Rahim Julub Sabr
Muhammad, Abd al-Sattar Mahmud

Source

Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities

Issue

Vol. 28, Issue 9 (30 Sep. 2021), pp.1-18, 18 p.

Publisher

Tikril University College of Education for Humanizes

Publication Date

2021-09-30

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

18

Main Subjects

Arabic language and Literature

Topics

Abstract AR

عين ) can be pluralized into ( ( عيون and ( أعين)

Abstract EN

This paper is considered a semantic approach to render the forms of plural of one word from Arabic into English.

It also sheds some light on the main reasons behind pluralizing the one word into many forms of plural, for example, the word (.

Since English dictionaries do not give appropriate renderings to such forms of plural, the researcher starts to look up for the hidden meanings to clarify the different meanings which may be misunderstood by most of translators.

Finally, the researcher found out, through searching the semantic and rhetorical books of Arabic, that the word ( عيون ) means ' the springs of water ' whereas the word ( أعين ) points out to ' the eyes of human beings '.

In addition, he identified that Quran used the word ( عيون) eight times, all of them refer to ' the springs of water ', and also utilized the word ( أعين) nineteen times to mean ' the eyes of human beings '.

In fact, these meanings deserve to be tackled in a single study to enable translators to avoid making mistakes and producing wrong translations.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Kabi, Rahim Julub Sabr& Muhammad, Abd al-Sattar Mahmud. 2021. Semantic approach to translating the Arabic various plurals of one word into English. Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities،Vol. 28, no. 9, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270333

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Kabi, Rahim Julub Sabr& Muhammad, Abd al-Sattar Mahmud. Semantic approach to translating the Arabic various plurals of one word into English. Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities Vol. 28, no. 9 (Sep. 2021), pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270333

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Kabi, Rahim Julub Sabr& Muhammad, Abd al-Sattar Mahmud. Semantic approach to translating the Arabic various plurals of one word into English. Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities. 2021. Vol. 28, no. 9, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270333

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

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Record ID

BIM-1270333