An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... compared with the Hebrew and Arabic . The accent in Assyrian . · THE PRONOUNS . The Separative Personal Pronouns ; their use and affinities . Note on their origin · · • • · The Demonstrative Pronouns ( suatu , sasu , aga , ammu , annu ...
... compared with the Hebrew and Arabic . The accent in Assyrian . · THE PRONOUNS . The Separative Personal Pronouns ; their use and affinities . Note on their origin · · • • · The Demonstrative Pronouns ( suatu , sasu , aga , ammu , annu ...
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... compared with the Arabic fourteenth and fifteenth . In Moabite we find an ifta'ala ( for Niphal ) הִלְתָּחֵם imperative וָאֶלְתָּחֵם imperfect בְּהִלְתָּחֲמֹה infinitive הִלְתָּחַם 11. The precative formed by the ...
... compared with the Arabic fourteenth and fifteenth . In Moabite we find an ifta'ala ( for Niphal ) הִלְתָּחֵם imperative וָאֶלְתָּחֵם imperfect בְּהִלְתָּחֲמֹה infinitive הִלְתָּחַם 11. The precative formed by the ...
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... compared by Dr. Oppert with Ethiopic bisi , " man . " There are no traces of Egyptian influence unless it be pirkhu given as a synonyme of " king , " on a tablet ( II . 30. , 3 ) . More probably , however , this merely means a young man ...
... compared by Dr. Oppert with Ethiopic bisi , " man . " There are no traces of Egyptian influence unless it be pirkhu given as a synonyme of " king , " on a tablet ( II . 30. , 3 ) . More probably , however , this merely means a young man ...
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... compared with Himyaritic and Arabic humu , Æthiopic wetomu , m 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 ...
... compared with Himyaritic and Arabic humu , Æthiopic wetomu , m 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 ...
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... compared with képas are borrowed ; and onomatopoeia has played a great part in the origin of all languages , pro- ducing similar sounds for the same idea . 26. This date comes from Berosus : here begins his Assyrian ( Semitic ) dynasty ...
... compared with képas are borrowed ; and onomatopoeia has played a great part in the origin of all languages , pro- ducing similar sounds for the same idea . 26. This date comes from Berosus : here begins his Assyrian ( Semitic ) dynasty ...
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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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