An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... father and mother . The As- syrian and Babylonian dialects differed in several respects . Thus the Assyrian p becomes b in the Southern dialect ( e.g. Sardanapalus and Merodach - Baladan , u - se - ASSYRIAN GRAMMAR . 3.
... father and mother . The As- syrian and Babylonian dialects differed in several respects . Thus the Assyrian p becomes b in the Southern dialect ( e.g. Sardanapalus and Merodach - Baladan , u - se - ASSYRIAN GRAMMAR . 3.
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... becomes ah ( compare pronunciation of the northern Ephraimites , Judg . xii . 6 ) ; k is changed into c and g ( as in katu " hand " Assyrian , gatu Babylonian , sanaku " chain " Assyrian , sanagam Babylonian ) ; sometimes replaces ...
... becomes ah ( compare pronunciation of the northern Ephraimites , Judg . xii . 6 ) ; k is changed into c and g ( as in katu " hand " Assyrian , gatu Babylonian , sanaku " chain " Assyrian , sanagam Babylonian ) ; sometimes replaces ...
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... becomes muk - ku , gal or gula gal - lu , naga nangu'u . Though words of more than one syllable have been thus taken , the roots are more commonly monosyllabic ; and the proximity of the remote ancestors of the Semitic family to the ...
... becomes muk - ku , gal or gula gal - lu , naga nangu'u . Though words of more than one syllable have been thus taken , the roots are more commonly monosyllabic ; and the proximity of the remote ancestors of the Semitic family to the ...
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... becoming n , as in the plural of nouns . Su , sa , si , must be ranged with the Mahri sê , " she , " with plural sên , and Himyaritic s . 17. As already remarked , the consonantal character of Assyrian agrees with Hebrew , not with ...
... becoming n , as in the plural of nouns . Su , sa , si , must be ranged with the Mahri sê , " she , " with plural sên , and Himyaritic s . 17. As already remarked , the consonantal character of Assyrian agrees with Hebrew , not with ...
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... become the language of commerce and diplomacy ( like French in modern Europe ) . It was not yet understood by the ... becomes a labial , the converse never takes place ; and the Caldai are first met with in inscriptions of the eighth ...
... become the language of commerce and diplomacy ( like French in modern Europe ) . It was not yet understood by the ... becomes a labial , the converse never takes place ; and the Caldai are first met with in inscriptions of the eighth ...
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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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