Note 514 — THE MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER AND THE PRINCE OF AL-IRAK[498]

In text “Itowwaha,” which is repeated in p. 146, l. 2. [“Ittawwah” seems to be the modern Egyptian 5th form of “Tauh.” In classical Arabic it would be “tatawwah,” but in the dialect of to-day the prefix becomes “it,” whose final dental here assimilates with the initial palatal of the root; p. 146 the word is correctly spelt with two Tashdids. The meaning is: he threw himself (with his right foot foremost) upon the horse’s back. Instances of this formation, which has now become all but general in Egyptian, are not unfrequent in old Arabic, witness chapters lxxiii. and lxxiv. of the Koran, which begin with “ayyuhá ’l-Muddassiru” and “ayyuhà ’l-Muzzammilu” respectively.—St.]