Ditransitive construction

Part of language	Cairo Arabic
Meaning of the construction	ÆFFECTOR makes RECIPIENT receive or lose ÆFFECTED

Construction elements

Examples

Example 1

Text	Leyla iddit (li-)Ḫālid il-kitāb.
hasGlosses	Leyla give.3SGF.PERF (to-)Ḫālid the-book
hasTranslation	Leyla gave Ḫālid the book.

Example 2

Text	warrēt (li-)s-suwwāḥ il-matḥaf.
hasGlosses	show.1SG.PERF (to-)the-tourists the-museum
hasTranslation	I showed the tourists the museum.

Example 3

Text	fahhimti-hā-l-ha?
hasGlosses	explain.2SGF.PERF-OBJ.3SGF-DAT-OBJ.3SGF
hasTranslation	Have you explained it to her?

Links

similar form and similar function

li-dative construction

Cairo Arabic

Research

Research Question	Finding
Recipient marking in Cairo Arabic	Marking of the recipient is conditioned by expectation sensitivity and is advancing.

Metadata

Date Created	2026-02-25
Annotator	Nadine Bayer
References	Woidich, Manfred. 2006. Das Kairensisch-Arabische. Eine Grammatik. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
References	Diem, Werner. 2002. Translokative Verben im Arabischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

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