Abstract:
The paper aims to discuss the issues of synonymy based on the material
of the Arabic language, which is studied in a diglossive cut, taking into
account the corresponding synchronous and diachronic data.
1. An Arabic, the case is confirmed when diff erent words correspond
to one meaning in different parts of the Arabophonic world. At the same
time, the lexemes characterized by the regional polysemy require careful
handling.
2. One part of the words, which can be considered synonyms, have
converged during the development of the language; their initial values
were different, although they belonged to the same semantic field.
3. There is an assumption that the original Arabic root was two-constituent;
later, by merging different morphs, these roots strengthened their
composition to three and four radicals. In support of this judgment, one
can recall quite a few pairs of roots with two identical consonants, and
their semantics are very close; at the same time, the above mentioned
does not mean the identical meaning for all subsequent derivates.
4. Ultimately, in the Arabic language, the reason for synonymy can be
perceived to be regionalism, in synchronous cut, along with diachronic semantic
transformations of lexical units and morphophonemic transformations
of roots.