“An” Assyrian Grammar for Comparative Purposes

Accadian accent according accusative Achæmenian added Æthiopic already aorist appears Arabic Aramaic assimilated Assyrian attached Babylonian becomes called case-endings caused character common compared compound conjugations consonant constructus contracted demonstrative denoted dental dialects distinguished doubled dropped employed enclitic ending especially example existence explained expressed feminine final frequently given gives grammar guttural hand Hebrew hence Hincks idea Imperative inscriptions instance interchange Iphteal king languages later letter lost masculine meaning mimmation names Niphal nomen noun numerals object Oppert original Pael Paris participle passive perfect period Permansive personal pronoun plural points possessed Precative preceding prefix preposition present preserved probably pronunciation radical rare refers relative replaces root rule second radical seems Semitic sense sentence Shaphel short side singular sometimes sounds stands status substantive suffix syllabary syllable tablets takes tense termination third person usual verbs vowel weakened