An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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Page vii
... point in their system of writing , and Assur - bani - pal accordingly caused syllabaries to be drawn up in which the several 1 See Léon de Rosny , " Archives Paléographiques , " 2me Livraison , pp . 90-100 . This is referred to by ...
... point in their system of writing , and Assur - bani - pal accordingly caused syllabaries to be drawn up in which the several 1 See Léon de Rosny , " Archives Paléographiques , " 2me Livraison , pp . 90-100 . This is referred to by ...
Page x
... points of dispute be- tween him and Dr. Oppert , independent investigation has made me follow the Irish scholar . The student of Assyrian may well deplore his loss . I have also made considerable use of Mr. Norris's " Assyrian ...
... points of dispute be- tween him and Dr. Oppert , independent investigation has made me follow the Irish scholar . The student of Assyrian may well deplore his loss . I have also made considerable use of Mr. Norris's " Assyrian ...
Page xi
... references , so far as was possible ; and have only broken the rule in points where dispute might arise . QUEEN'S COLLEGE , OXFORD , May 11th , 1872 . A. H. SAYCE . ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of PREFACE . xi.
... references , so far as was possible ; and have only broken the rule in points where dispute might arise . QUEEN'S COLLEGE , OXFORD , May 11th , 1872 . A. H. SAYCE . ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of PREFACE . xi.
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... points of resemblance to the Ethiopic are not so great as might have been ex- pected from the similar position of the two languages - out- posts , as it were , of the Semitic family , in constant contact with non - Semitic populations ...
... points of resemblance to the Ethiopic are not so great as might have been ex- pected from the similar position of the two languages - out- posts , as it were , of the Semitic family , in constant contact with non - Semitic populations ...
Page 6
... points in Hebrew lexicography have already been cleared up ( e.g. ny has been explained by Dr. Oppert as Assyrian istin , " one , " masculine ) . Even in the Persian period we get u - ta - h - ma or i - te - h - e - me , " lawgiver ...
... points in Hebrew lexicography have already been cleared up ( e.g. ny has been explained by Dr. Oppert as Assyrian istin , " one , " masculine ) . Even in the Persian period we get u - ta - h - ma or i - te - h - e - me , " lawgiver ...
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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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