... these there are nine[FN441] memorial words used as quantitive signs, all built upon the root "fa'l" which has rendered such notable service to Arabic and Hebrew[FN442] grammar and varying from the simple "fa'al," in Persian "fa'ul" (U ), to the complicated "Mutafa'ilun"(UU - U -) , anapaest iamb. Thus the prosodist would scan the Shahnameh ... — The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
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