Arabic Compounding as a Case of Root Classification

The study tries to define the structural background of the incompatibility of compounding with the root-&-pattern system of Arabic (Semitic). The most hazardous issue of the evidence collected consists in assigning Arabic compounds the status of a mere theoretical construct, deprived of actual word value, that can only be achieved at the level of monomorphemic root-words or at that of structurally fully-assimilated lexical units related to them. 28 References. Adapted from the source document