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The Original Language
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David Grant Stewart, Sr.

(c) 2008

 

Chapter 5

 

Lesson VIII.

Abstracts, Mimation, and Adverbs.

 

Abstracts are formed most commonly from nouns by the feminine ending u> -u-tu, construct * -ut, as wR} sha-ar-ru, “king”; wR}u> sha-ar-ru-u-tu, “kingdom, royalty”; pD} pa-ath-ru, “dagger”; pD}u> pa-ath-ru-u-tu, “right to carry a dagger”; B* ap-lu, “son”; B*u> ap-lu-u-tu, “sonship,” et cetera.  When the possessive suffixes are attached to this ending, the case vowel is usually dropped and the -sh, of the suffix becomes -s.  Thus for wR}>< sha-ar-ru-tu-shu, “his kingdom” we may write wR}*_ sha-ar-ru-ut-su, et cetera.

 

In lesson II the phenomenon of mimation was mentioned according to which the case vowel may take an additional -m; as nominative wR}UM sha-ar-ru-um; genitive wRd sha-ar-ri-im, accusative wRrM sha-ar-ra-am.  When, however, to a vowel thus mimated, the possessive suffix is added, the mimation disappears; as wR}UM sha-ar-ru-um, but wR}< sha-ar-ru-shu, “his king,” rarely in Assyrian wR}UM< sha-ar-ru-um-shu.  This mimation has no signification like Arabic Tanwin, which gives an indefinite character to the noun.

 

Adverbs are often formed from adjectives by the suffix ISH ish as da`ISH tha-a-bi-ish, “well” from da+ tha-a-bu, “good”; r`ISH ra-bi-ish, “greatly” from r+u ra-bu-u, “great,” etc.; D. Gr. §80b. Adverbial expressions are also formed by means of prepositions and nouns, as andra. a-na da-ra-a-ti or dd ISH da-ri-ish.

 

Vocabulary.

 

EN

weak

:

SHU

g

GA

strong

W

ASH

}

RU

EZ

strong

#

GU

 

_

SU

enclosure

S

PÚ

 

}

RU

+

PU [PHU]

mouth

u

U

=

PI [PHI]

mouth, genitive

of the mouth,

of my mouth

r

RA

great

+

BU

u

U

\

TSI

little

IR

}

RU

p

PA

dagger

D

ATH

}

RU

-

SI

remainder

IT

IT