ABSTRACT
In phrases of quantity of this type, no Arabic words for 'a' and 'of are needed. Note that when the first word of the phrase ends in -a, for example guT9a 'piece, chunk', a final -t, is added to it before the second word. This -t is in fact a so-called 'feminine' ending, and most Arabic nouns ending in -a have this hidden' -t which shows up in 'quantity' phrases (and other types which we shall meet later). Such words are marked * in the vocabulary summaries.
