ḍaraba (ضرب)

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A stem I verb

Coding frame

Examples

(72)
Ḍaraba lwaladu lḥayyata bilʿaṣâi.
ḍaraba
beat.PRF.3SG.M
l-walad-u
ART-boy.M-NOM
l-ḥayyat-a
ART-snake.F-ACC
bi-l-ʿaṣâ-i
with-ART-stick.F-GEN
‘The boy beat the snake with the stick .’
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(73)
Taḍāraba lmutalākimāni ḫāriǧa ḥalabati ṣṣirāʿi.
taḍāraba
beat.VI.RECP.PRF.3SG.M
l-mutalākim-āni
ART-boxer.M-DU.NOM
ḫāriǧ-a
outside.M-ACC
ḥalabat-i
arena.F-GEN
ṣ-ṣirāʿ-i
ART-battle.M-GEN
‘The boxers beat each other outside of the battle arena.’
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Verb meanings , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# BEAT HIT Coding set Argument type
1 beater hitter V.subj NP-nom A
2 beatee hittee NP-acc P
3 beating instrument hitting instrument bi+NP I

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Stem VIII Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem IV Causative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 1 more info
N n
C
Stem VI Reciprocal more info
N derived from stem III with similar meaning 'to beat, to fight with so. <NOM ACC>' y
C
Stem VI Reflexive more info
N y
U
Prepositional (min 'from') / Accusative Object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem II Causative more info
N y
C
Stem V Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem V Reflexive more info
– y
C
Stem VI Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VII Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Reciprocal more info
R y
(215)
Iḍṭarabat alʾamwāǧu.
‘The waves crushed.’
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U
Theme / Recipient Alternation - Prepositional (li+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Locative Alternation 2 more info
N n
C
Stem X Causative more info
N y
U
Prepositional (bi+) / Accusative object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem VII Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Anticausative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 3 more info
N n
U
Goal Alternation - Prepositional (ʾilâ+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Object Omission Alternation more info
N n
U
Theme / Source Alternation - Prepositional (min+ 'from') Accusative Object more info
N n
C
Caused Motion Alternation more info
N y
U
Object Adding Alternation more info
N n