An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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Page viii
... tablets also give other evidence in favour of our system of interpretation . Some of them contain lists of Assyrian synonymes , and each synonyme is often a well- known Semitic word . Thus bi - is - ru ( ) is equated with se - ru ( N ) ...
... tablets also give other evidence in favour of our system of interpretation . Some of them contain lists of Assyrian synonymes , and each synonyme is often a well- known Semitic word . Thus bi - is - ru ( ) is equated with se - ru ( N ) ...
Page ix
... tablets and duck - weights . The maneh of the Phoenician is ma - na in Assyrian ; the proper names in the two legends agree , as well as the chief facts of a " sale , " and of the chattels sold , which are stated in both.1 The following ...
... tablets and duck - weights . The maneh of the Phoenician is ma - na in Assyrian ; the proper names in the two legends agree , as well as the chief facts of a " sale , " and of the chattels sold , which are stated in both.1 The following ...
Page xiii
... tablets of Assur - bani - pal 17 List of modern publications . PHONOLOGY . 18 Origin of the Assyrian syllabary • Transcription of the alphabet Phonetic changes and affinities of the several letters Use of the diphthongs . The Assyrian ...
... tablets of Assur - bani - pal 17 List of modern publications . PHONOLOGY . 18 Origin of the Assyrian syllabary • Transcription of the alphabet Phonetic changes and affinities of the several letters Use of the diphthongs . The Assyrian ...
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... tablets , and even in the royal inscriptions . Dr. Oppert instances kham - sa by the side of khan - sa " five " ; and we may add e - rab - bi for i - rab - bi or i - rab - bi - u , ippalaceita for ippaleita , i - ta - tsu for it - ti ...
... tablets , and even in the royal inscriptions . Dr. Oppert instances kham - sa by the side of khan - sa " five " ; and we may add e - rab - bi for i - rab - bi or i - rab - bi - u , ippalaceita for ippaleita , i - ta - tsu for it - ti ...
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... tablets also offer us examples of the change of u to i , as iddini for iddinu ( 31 ) . In the Persian period the Assyrian experienced considerable changes . New words were introduced , such as birid " among , " uku ( " people ...
... tablets also offer us examples of the change of u to i , as iddini for iddinu ( 31 ) . In the Persian period the Assyrian experienced considerable changes . New words were introduced , such as birid " among , " uku ( " people ...
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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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