An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... later inscriptions have begun to lose their strict value ( 7 ) , and agrees with it in the variously modified forms of the imper- fect ( 8 ) , in the use of the participle ( 9 ) , in the conjuga- tions ( 10 ) , in the possession of a ...
... later inscriptions have begun to lose their strict value ( 7 ) , and agrees with it in the variously modified forms of the imper- fect ( 8 ) , in the use of the participle ( 9 ) , in the conjuga- tions ( 10 ) , in the possession of a ...
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... later . The original home of the Semitic people was apparently Arabia ( 25 ) , whence the northern branch moved into Palestine , and then into Meso- potamia and Assyria . About B.c. 1270 ( 26 ) , under the name of Assyrian casidi ...
... later . The original home of the Semitic people was apparently Arabia ( 25 ) , whence the northern branch moved into Palestine , and then into Meso- potamia and Assyria . About B.c. 1270 ( 26 ) , under the name of Assyrian casidi ...
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... - menian period ) , its plural , its extended use of the secondary conjugations , its substitution of pael for piel , and its want of the inseparable preposi- The tions , and ( except in the later inscriptions 6 ASSYRIAN GRAMMAR .
... - menian period ) , its plural , its extended use of the secondary conjugations , its substitution of pael for piel , and its want of the inseparable preposi- The tions , and ( except in the later inscriptions 6 ASSYRIAN GRAMMAR .
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... later inscriptions : e.g. in Assur - bani - pal we have indifferently as - lu - lu and as - lu - la , “ I carried away ; " is - ta - nap - pa - ra and is - ta - nap - pa - ru , " I wished to be sent forth ; though perhaps a stands here ...
... later inscriptions : e.g. in Assur - bani - pal we have indifferently as - lu - lu and as - lu - la , “ I carried away ; " is - ta - nap - pa - ra and is - ta - nap - pa - ru , " I wished to be sent forth ; though perhaps a stands here ...
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... later formation in the Semitic languages , and were originally merely singular nouns of multitude . In Himyaritic the Arabic plural actab occurs by the side of the ordinary plural ( e.g. , sheb , " tribe , " plural asháb ) . Broken ...
... later formation in the Semitic languages , and were originally merely singular nouns of multitude . In Himyaritic the Arabic plural actab occurs by the side of the ordinary plural ( e.g. , sheb , " tribe , " plural asháb ) . Broken ...
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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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