Type 1: Imitation — «غاق» represents the sound made by a crow.
Type 2: Animal call — «نخ» is directed at a camel to make it kneel.
Both belong in the book’s chapter on sound-words, but they serve different purposes.
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Al-Aṣwāt — Sound-words, Their Two Uses and Grammatical Analysis
Type 1: Imitation — «غاق» represents the sound made by a crow.
Type 2: Animal call — «نخ» is directed at a camel to make it kneel.
Both belong in the book’s chapter on sound-words, but they serve different purposes.