Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Arabic defective verbs/reply (2)

They are called "final-weak" verbs in John Mace "Arabic Verbs" and "verbs with weak final radical" in Haywood + Nahmad "A New Arabic Grammar" (with "defective verbs" as a subtitle). Properly speaking, "assimilated" verbs should be "initial-weak" verbs, and "hollow" verbs should be "middle-weak" verbs, but both of the above references use the terms "assimilated" and "hollow". Both references also use "doubled" in place of what we term "geminate". If you want to rename "defective" to "final-weak" (and possibly also "geminate" to "doubled"), go ahead. Keep in mind there isn't just Category:Arabic defective verbs but also Category:Arabic defective form-I verbs, Category:Arabic defective form-II verbs, etc., and subcategories which place themselves underneath these various categories. If you rename these categories then Module:ar-verb needs to be appropriately changed and so does Template:ar-weakrootcat and possibly other places.