'Almaa' in Arabic Language : A Historical and Linguistic Study

This paper aims to shed light on the historical and etymological development of the pronounce 'Almaa' (water). It consists of an introduction and two chapters. The first chapter deals with the different accents of the Arabic pronunciation of the word 'Almaa' and their historical development via using the theory of development of hollow and vocalic verbs which is referred to by Dr. Ramadan Abdul-Tawab due to the similarity of the word 'Almaa' to the structure of the hollow verbs. This resulted in a hypothetical vision of the development of this word through the Semitic languages and the different Arabic dialects.
 In the second chapter, the researcher deals with several morphological and semantic issues of the word 'Almaa'. They are respectively: the origin of the pronounce 'Almaa', its masculine and feminine forms, its singular and plural forms, its diminutive form, its lineage, its structural derivatives, its denotations and their development, and the related words (to Almaa) in the Arabic dictionary. The paper ends with indexes of sources and subjects.
After unraveling the previously mentioned issues, the researcher deduced a number of results: Firstly, the most salient of which is that there is a possibility of applying (the theory of development of the vocalic verbs) on the nouns that are similar to their structures.
Secondly, there is a display of a concise summary of what has been mentioned by the lexicons and the linguists about the masculine and feminine forms of the word 'Almaa', its singular and plural forms, its diminutive form, and its lineage.
Thirdly, the present study includes a survey of the derived words of the original word 'Almaa'. The survey includes the actual and the metaphorical verbs and nouns that have been arranged by the researcher. Besides, he mentions several examples and shows their linguistic evidences.
Fourthly, in the course of the present study, the researcher exposes the different, wide and growing denotations of the word 'Almaa'. It no longer denotes only to that liquid that is used for drinking and washing, but the Arabs have expanded its denotations so much that it becomes synonymous with liquidity and runoff.