Yes, sorry, Anthony, that wasn't very illuminating of me. "Arabic-2" is a
term used in the palaeography text-books for a form of the letter "r" which
occurs in medieval writing. It looks like the arabic figure "2", not the
Arabic letter "r". See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_r
and here, under "Sign no. 8":
http://www.bibliographics.com/PALAEOG-lite/HECTOR.htm
John Freeman
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From: "Anthony Appleyard" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Deerhurst Dog
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:21:38 +0100, John Freeman
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>I was thinking mainly of the "arabic-2" version of r, which could, I think,
> later be used generally for -(V)r or -rV, although it often
> stands for -rum in Latin genitive plurals...
I am sorry to go off topic, but, for clarity, please what is the '"arabic-2"
version of r'? The Arabic alphabet letter for 'r' is a curved
descending-and-to-the-left stroke like an AK47 rifle's magazine.
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