An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... dictionary , in the true sense of the word , is impossible : we can have only a vocabulary which is being continually enlarged and corrected . But although the power of speech in producing new words is unlimited , the number of forms ...
... dictionary , in the true sense of the word , is impossible : we can have only a vocabulary which is being continually enlarged and corrected . But although the power of speech in producing new words is unlimited , the number of forms ...
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... Dictionary " ( the third volume of which is about to appear ) , 1 and of Mr. G. Smith's " Annals of Assur - bani - pal . " Such books are greatly wanted to lighten the labour and facilitate the research of other students . I can only ...
... Dictionary " ( the third volume of which is about to appear ) , 1 and of Mr. G. Smith's " Annals of Assur - bani - pal . " Such books are greatly wanted to lighten the labour and facilitate the research of other students . I can only ...
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Archibald Henry Sayce. 66 Assur - bani - pal , syllabaries , grammars , dictionaries , and trans- lations were drawn up . The last king states that Nebo and Tasmitu had inspired him to attempt the re - editing of the ' royal tablets ...
Archibald Henry Sayce. 66 Assur - bani - pal , syllabaries , grammars , dictionaries , and trans- lations were drawn up . The last king states that Nebo and Tasmitu had inspired him to attempt the re - editing of the ' royal tablets ...
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... Dictionary , " J.R.A.S. , 1866. Fox Talbot , " Assyrian Vocabu- lary , " in J.R.A.S. , 1867-9 ( full of unscientific compari- sons ) . Ménant , " Exposé des éléments de la grammaire Assyrienne , " Paris , 1868 ( Oppert's first edition ...
... Dictionary , " J.R.A.S. , 1866. Fox Talbot , " Assyrian Vocabu- lary , " in J.R.A.S. , 1867-9 ( full of unscientific compari- sons ) . Ménant , " Exposé des éléments de la grammaire Assyrienne , " Paris , 1868 ( Oppert's first edition ...
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... Dictionary , " vol . i . ( beginning ) , with supplement in vol . ii . 991 - My transcription of the Hebrew alphabet is as follows : - x = ' a , = b11 = 9 , 7 = d , || = h , ¶ = ' u , † = 2 , 1 = kh , y = dh , • = i , y = c , y = 1 , D ...
... Dictionary , " vol . i . ( beginning ) , with supplement in vol . ii . 991 - My transcription of the Hebrew alphabet is as follows : - x = ' a , = b11 = 9 , 7 = d , || = h , ¶ = ' u , † = 2 , 1 = kh , y = dh , • = i , y = c , y = 1 , D ...
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Accadian accent accusative Achæmenian period adjectives Æthiopic anacu aorist Aphel Arabic Aramaic Aryan Asiatic assimilated Assur-bani-pal Assyr Assyrian attached Babylonian become case-endings character Chinese cima cloth cognate languages compared concave verbs consonant denoted dental dialects DICTIONARY doubled dropped dual Edited enclitic English Ethiopic expressed F. J. FURNIVALL feminine termination genitive grammar guttural Hebrew Himyaritic Hincks IMPERATIVE instance interchange Iphteal Istaphal king letter masculine Ménant mimmation Niphal nomen mutati nomen permanentis nominative noun numerals omitted Oppert original Pael Palel participle passive Permansive person singular Phoenician Precative preceding prefix preposition present primitive pronunciation quadriliteral rare reduplication root Royal Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit sarru second person second radical Semitic languages Sennacherib sentence sewed Shaphel sibilant side sometimes status constructus subjunctive substantive suffix sunuti syllabaries syllable tablets tense Text third personal pronoun Translated triliteral Turanian ultu vowel vulgar weakened word
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