«بوقات»
A non-analogical plural form used for trumpets or horns.
The singular is بوق (būq), whose expected plural in this example is أبواق (abwāq). The form بوقات occurs in a poetic illustration and is discussed as an instance of departure from morphological analogy.
Its plural sense remains recognizable. The problem is not the meaning or the difficulty of articulation, but the form used in relation to the regular morphological pattern.
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Fasāḥah: Foundations and the Three Defects of a Word
«بوقات»
A non-analogical plural form used for trumpets or horns.
The singular is بوق (būq), whose expected plural in this example is أبواق (abwāq). The form بوقات occurs in a poetic illustration and is discussed as an instance of departure from morphological analogy.
Its plural sense remains recognizable. The problem is not the meaning or the difficulty of articulation, but the form used in relation to the regular morphological pattern.