An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... Imperative , and Infinitive The Participle · • The Persons ( Singular , Plural , and Dual ) Origin of the Person - endings Proof of the existence of a Permansive Tense against Dr. Oppert · · Proof of a Present Tense in Assyrian . Traces ...
... Imperative , and Infinitive The Participle · • The Persons ( Singular , Plural , and Dual ) Origin of the Person - endings Proof of the existence of a Permansive Tense against Dr. Oppert · · Proof of a Present Tense in Assyrian . Traces ...
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... imperative וָאֶלְתָּחֵם imperfect בְּהִלְתָּחֲמֹה infinitive הִלְתָּחַם 11. The precative formed by the prefix is compared by Dr. Oppert with the Arabic precative prefix J , the of the Talmud , and with the But it is ...
... imperative וָאֶלְתָּחֵם imperfect בְּהִלְתָּחֲמֹה infinitive הִלְתָּחַם 11. The precative formed by the prefix is compared by Dr. Oppert with the Arabic precative prefix J , the of the Talmud , and with the But it is ...
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... Imperative , and ( 4 ) Infini- tive , though the latter would better be described as a verbal noun . ( 1 ) The Precative is formed from the aorist , as in Arabic 1 We have to distinguish the enclitic a for va , " and , " from this tense ...
... Imperative , and ( 4 ) Infini- tive , though the latter would better be described as a verbal noun . ( 1 ) The Precative is formed from the aorist , as in Arabic 1 We have to distinguish the enclitic a for va , " and , " from this tense ...
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... Imperative being used for the second ; but it is chiefly found in the third . Examples are lubludh ( joined with anacu ) , lucsud ( " may I obtain " ) , lusba - ' a ( with the augment of motion added ) and lusbim ( " may I be satisfied ...
... Imperative being used for the second ; but it is chiefly found in the third . Examples are lubludh ( joined with anacu ) , lucsud ( " may I obtain " ) , lusba - ' a ( with the augment of motion added ) and lusbim ( " may I be satisfied ...
Page 58
... Imperative is confined to the second person , the second person singular feminine ending in -i , the second person ... imperative is always formed as if from Aphel : e.g. suscin for sususcin , as in Hebrew hactél for hehactél . The ...
... Imperative is confined to the second person , the second person singular feminine ending in -i , the second person ... imperative is always formed as if from Aphel : e.g. suscin for sususcin , as in Hebrew hactél for hehactél . The ...
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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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