An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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Page ix
... Oppert's Grammar ( second edition ) . He possesses the great merit of having first made Assyrian available to other Semitic students by formulating the general grammatical principles of the language . And this merit will outweigh all ...
... Oppert's Grammar ( second edition ) . He possesses the great merit of having first made Assyrian available to other Semitic students by formulating the general grammatical principles of the language . And this merit will outweigh all ...
Page x
... Oppert's scholarship , research , and acuteness . His grammar lacks completeness , it is true , as well as accuracy ; but this is due to the progressive nature of Assyriology ; and the same plea is needed for my own pages . The most ...
... Oppert's scholarship , research , and acuteness . His grammar lacks completeness , it is true , as well as accuracy ; but this is due to the progressive nature of Assyriology ; and the same plea is needed for my own pages . The most ...
Page xiv
... Oppert · · Proof of a Present Tense in Assyrian . Traces of Waw Consecutivum Contracted Forms • The Strong Verb in Kal In Iphteal ( and Iphtaneal ) In Niphal . In Ittaphal In Pael . • . In Iphtaal ( and Iphtanaal ) In Shaphel In ...
... Oppert · · Proof of a Present Tense in Assyrian . Traces of Waw Consecutivum Contracted Forms • The Strong Verb in Kal In Iphteal ( and Iphtaneal ) In Niphal . In Ittaphal In Pael . • . In Iphtaal ( and Iphtanaal ) In Shaphel In ...
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... Oppert's ascription of an Emphatic State to the Assyrian controverted Derivation of Nouns : Primitive Nouns The verbal nouns with three radicals Nouns from defective verbs . Nouns formed by the Prefix m- By the affix -ānu ( -inu ) By t ...
... Oppert's ascription of an Emphatic State to the Assyrian controverted Derivation of Nouns : Primitive Nouns The verbal nouns with three radicals Nouns from defective verbs . Nouns formed by the Prefix m- By the affix -ānu ( -inu ) By t ...
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... Oppert instances kham - sa by the side of khan - sa " five " ; and we may add e - rab - bi for i - rab - bi or i - rab - bi - u , ippalaceita for ippaleita , i - ta - tsu for it - ti - si , sa used without any antecedent , as in ina sa ...
... Oppert instances kham - sa by the side of khan - sa " five " ; and we may add e - rab - bi for i - rab - bi or i - rab - bi - u , ippalaceita for ippaleita , i - ta - tsu for it - ti - si , sa used without any antecedent , as in ina sa ...
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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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