An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... status constructus like the loss of the case- endings in Assyrian , and the circumscription of the genitive by the relative pronoun ( as in Ethiopic za ) , which is , however , sa ( not Aramaic or Himyaritic 7 ) . So , in both languages ...
... status constructus like the loss of the case- endings in Assyrian , and the circumscription of the genitive by the relative pronoun ( as in Ethiopic za ) , which is , however , sa ( not Aramaic or Himyaritic 7 ) . So , in both languages ...
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... status constructus ) . According to Pal- grave , the three terminations are still to be heard in central Arabia ; further south and east a stands for i , and nearer the coast all three have entirely disappeared . Nöldeke disputes , to a ...
... status constructus ) . According to Pal- grave , the three terminations are still to be heard in central Arabia ; further south and east a stands for i , and nearer the coast all three have entirely disappeared . Nöldeke disputes , to a ...
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... status constructus , so is the priority contained in the personal pro- noun suffix expressed by the same case - termination . These 1 As the same suffix builds the plural , a double plural is the result . According to Philippi ( Wesen u ...
... status constructus , so is the priority contained in the personal pro- noun suffix expressed by the same case - termination . These 1 As the same suffix builds the plural , a double plural is the result . According to Philippi ( Wesen u ...
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... status constructus ) and the feminine ilit ( also in the status constructus ) , the statement that “ the em- phatic state is sometimes reduced to the syllable -an " ( again the status constructus ) , and the strange assertions that ...
... status constructus ) and the feminine ilit ( also in the status constructus ) , the statement that “ the em- phatic state is sometimes reduced to the syllable -an " ( again the status constructus ) , and the strange assertions that ...
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... status constructus , and in Hebrew we may compare the proper name Methu - sa - el man of God . " D is used in the same way in Himyaritic , de in Syriac , di in Aramaic , za in Ethiopic . The union - vowel ( ă , in pronouns i ) in the so ...
... status constructus , and in Hebrew we may compare the proper name Methu - sa - el man of God . " D is used in the same way in Himyaritic , de in Syriac , di in Aramaic , za in Ethiopic . The union - vowel ( ă , in pronouns i ) in the so ...
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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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