An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... given in a tablet as a synonyme of tilla , “ high , ” is the Zend eredhwa , etc. , but I have never met with the word in inscriptions . Alicani - wood , again , one of the trees introduced into Assyria by Tiglath - Pileser I. , is ...
... given in a tablet as a synonyme of tilla , “ high , ” is the Zend eredhwa , etc. , but I have never met with the word in inscriptions . Alicani - wood , again , one of the trees introduced into Assyria by Tiglath - Pileser I. , is ...
Page 18
... given in the nominative , generally with the mimmation added , which was therefore considered the typical form of the word . The third persons singular and plural of the aorist and present are the only parts of the verb which we find ...
... given in the nominative , generally with the mimmation added , which was therefore considered the typical form of the word . The third persons singular and plural of the aorist and present are the only parts of the verb which we find ...
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... given thrice following as mi - e in the first column , successively translated ku - lu ( " assembly " ) , ka - a - lu ( " assemble " ) and tam - tsu ( " weight " ) in the third ; 1 Mr. G. Smith gives 389 in his " Syllabary , " about 200 ...
... given thrice following as mi - e in the first column , successively translated ku - lu ( " assembly " ) , ka - a - lu ( " assemble " ) and tam - tsu ( " weight " ) in the third ; 1 Mr. G. Smith gives 389 in his " Syllabary , " about 200 ...
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... given at all . Ram is Assyrian ( " high " ) , not Accadian , which is aca . The character marked 15 in p . 34 of the Grammaire was phonetically gā , No. 16 is ur Accadian , not connected with Semitic ; 14 was ucu ( sivan ) ; 13 was uru ...
... given at all . Ram is Assyrian ( " high " ) , not Accadian , which is aca . The character marked 15 in p . 34 of the Grammaire was phonetically gā , No. 16 is ur Accadian , not connected with Semitic ; 14 was ucu ( sivan ) ; 13 was uru ...
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... given " ) . Contrary , however , to Hebrew , n is assimilated ( regularly ) before t and 8 ; e.g. limuttu for limuntu ( “ injured " ) , libittu for libintu ( “ brick- work " ) , maddattu or madattu ( " tribute " ) for mandantu ...
... given " ) . Contrary , however , to Hebrew , n is assimilated ( regularly ) before t and 8 ; e.g. limuttu for limuntu ( “ injured " ) , libittu for libintu ( “ brick- work " ) , maddattu or madattu ( " tribute " ) for mandantu ...
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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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