LessonsDiptote Causes — Verb Patterns and Their ConditionsQuiz

The marginal commentary discusses the form Nargisa (نَرْجِسَة), which could seem to challenge the feminine-suffix condition.

The margin explains that in that usage it is no longer the proper name under discussion, so it is not a counterexample to the author’s particular test.

This point comes from the printed marginal explanation, not from the main line of the author’s text.

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Nargisa: The Marginal Note

Diptote Causes — Verb Patterns and Their Conditions

The marginal commentary discusses the form Nargisa (نَرْجِسَة), which could seem to challenge the feminine-suffix condition.

The margin explains that in that usage it is no longer the proper name under discussion, so it is not a counterexample to the author’s particular test.

This point comes from the printed marginal explanation, not from the main line of the author’s text.