Elementary Arabic Morphology 3

Weak Letter Transformation

47: What is weak letter transformation?

47: Weak letter transformation is the change of weak letters by erasing them, as in قُل, changing them, as in قالَ, or taking away their vowel sign, as in یَقُولُ. The purpose behind this is to make the words easy to pronounce. There are many rules regarding the transformation of weak letters which one can refer to the fourth volume of Elementary