Category: Zoonyms
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Cat & Cut.. a lost semantic relationship
“Onomastics” refers to the intellectual endeavor of studying names of all kinds, including animal names. There are two specialized branches of Onomastics: Toponomastics (study of place-names) and Anthroponymy (study of personal names). Here is an attempt to explore a possible descriptive content of the name: “Cat”. qăṭ (قط) is an ancient Arabic verb, it means: “to cut”. [q]…