An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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Page vii
... with Assyrian on the part of the author , however , has led to a few mistakes , most of which I have pointed out in the Academy , December 15th , 1871 , p . 564 . signs have their different phonetic values attached . Now the PREFACE . vii.
... with Assyrian on the part of the author , however , has led to a few mistakes , most of which I have pointed out in the Academy , December 15th , 1871 , p . 564 . signs have their different phonetic values attached . Now the PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
Archibald Henry Sayce. signs have their different phonetic values attached . Now the various powers which the decipherers assigned to the same character are found assigned to it in the native syllabaries . Thus the character which by ...
Archibald Henry Sayce. signs have their different phonetic values attached . Now the various powers which the decipherers assigned to the same character are found assigned to it in the native syllabaries . Thus the character which by ...
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... attached to the oblique case of the noun . Thus sallatis , 66 as a spoil , " will be for sallati - su . The pronoun is often found in a contracted form ; e.g. yusat- limus , " he conferred on him , " balus , " his power . " 24. The ...
... attached to the oblique case of the noun . Thus sallatis , 66 as a spoil , " will be for sallati - su . The pronoun is often found in a contracted form ; e.g. yusat- limus , " he conferred on him , " balus , " his power . " 24. The ...
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... attached to the old Accadian " moon - city " ( however pronounced ) . The Semites changed the names of the Babylonian cities in many cases : thus Ca - dimirra , " the gate of God , " became Bab - ilu . Chesed was brother of Huz and Buz ...
... attached to the old Accadian " moon - city " ( however pronounced ) . The Semites changed the names of the Babylonian cities in many cases : thus Ca - dimirra , " the gate of God , " became Bab - ilu . Chesed was brother of Huz and Buz ...
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... attached to the same character , either because the object or idea admitted of different names , or because the various tribes of Chaldæa did not always agree in their vocabulary . When these characters came to be used phonetically ...
... attached to the same character , either because the object or idea admitted of different names , or because the various tribes of Chaldæa did not always agree in their vocabulary . When these characters came to be used phonetically ...
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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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