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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I believe the explanation for the Arabic usage is that it is a loan-translation, possibly via Syriac. But i´m not an expert in the relevant languages. Meg ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture on behalf of V. Kerry Inman Sent: mið. 5.7.2006 14:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 4. July medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture As regards martyr/witness, I asked which language because the relationship is the same in more languages than one. I was hoping to find out how many. It is surprisingly true in Arabic as well. Both martyr and witness have the same root. Does anyone have an example from another language? V. K. Inman ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html