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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JANUARY, 1875.
person, they leave us in uncertainty about the | god remains in
) שים H. 76, 1; Os, Iv .H) קיף ,(5 .
| 8, 1), sometimes also mp (H. 44, 2, 3), but the yod
is elided before the suffixes beginning with a
) שמתי :consonant 0s. XXXIV .(4.
personal suffixes of the first and the second person of the Perfect. There is, however, reason to believe that they were j and y, as in Ethiopic.
To the conjugation of the verbs yo, it is to be observed that the is suppressed in the Subjunc
In the Perfect and Imperfect, personal suffixes may be added, as in Arabic. The rule is that in the Perfect the suffix is appended immediate
tive; thns
) ירדנן
Fr. No. XI ,(3 ,259 .H) ליהנ ,(3 .
ן ) סאלהו -ly after the third radical; e.g 0s. vi ,(3 .
.08) ויקהן
IV. 13), from heard * ענוָה probably for) ענו ,(4 ,681 .H) סעדרה | verbs פיי The .וקה ,זהב ,
,147 .H) תגליו ,(5 ,1 .45) בניו :never elide the yod ) יקההמו ,(7 ,681 .her prayer,” H וקרהמי ,(5.0s. I H. 681, 2; 682, 2). It is interesting | (Ox, xxxIv. 6). Examples for the simple Im) תנחית ,(1 -
: perfect =) יסנאס ,(הננוהו = .Mine9an dial) יסגכוס
,257 .H ,הנאהו | It was probably pronounced .כונת ,חור ,הוב :tained ,(4 ,465 .H ,סרהם =) מורסם ,(2-3
d, as in Ethiopic, and did not become 4, as in H. 465, 4); for the prolonged ,הפאיהם =) ישפאסם |
Arabic. The same analogy with the Ethiopic | Imperfect ,681 .H) תובנה . ,(2 ,680 .H) יתברנהו-:
to find that in the sy verbs the medial is re
system is observable also in the wy roots; the
7-8).
Paradigm.
1st Perfect.
2nd Perfect.
1st 2nd Imperfect. Imperfect.
ספר
שים
גמתן
יקני
יקנין
3rd pers. 3rd p. f. 2nd p.
ספות
? סטרן
.£ .2nd p
י
Dual m. Dual f.
? סטרכי ? ספרך OT
המר ? ספרתי
ספרו ? סמרכטר
? סקרכן
ספרו
II. 2.
כמו
.
II.
Causative .....
With Sufixes.
קההו
הקני סחר הצרעת החדרתי
הדתו כתוב
ענו
III. IV.
Internal Reflective ...... External Reflective .........
.IV .V .VI ...1st Precative
חגבא תמהית תבהיר סחופי סתעררת סתמלאו
יקרהמי ויקההמו הגב ה סחעררתהו הואשם לולא
V. Causative and Reflective...
...2nd Precative
לובהו ביקנס
VI. Causative and Reciprocal...
2
Passive.