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NOUNSAND ADJECTIVES 97
(only as concrete noun, etillu, malla¿) ; nam-egi =tal'bútu, 'education'
[cf. BR. 6613]; azag nam-egi-a-ni-sú, 'money for his education', POEBEL,
op. cit., 4, 8.
b) am 1 : am-si-sá = mesal'u, 'righteousness'. am-gi-na = kittu,
'justice'. am-ba = Js,istu, 'gift'. am-dúg = Js,ibítu, 'command'. amkÜl'=sadú,
'mountains', V. A. Th., 251, 11; SBH. 112,16. am-u
= ukulu, 'food', BA. V 618, 23. am-sig = damiJs,tu, 'goodness'. am­
izi =isatu, 'fire', Sm. 954 obv. 1.
e) nig .. nig-gul= limuttu, 'wickedness '. nig-sid,' total account',
v. Sum.-Assy. Voe. 9316. nig-gal' (> nig- ga) = makkul'u, 'goods';
cf. sag nig-ga-ra-kam, 'all of the goods', HILPRECHT, Anniversal'Y
Volume,p.200. nig-ba=Js,istu. nig-zid=kittu. nig-gus=saJs,Js,aStu,
, slaughter' .
d) ¡fin (~), variant of nig : n'in-gul=limuttu, BR. 10953 and
CT. XXIII 18, 43. nin-kül'= nukul'tu, 'hostility', THOMPSON,Rep0l'ts,
no. 82, rey. 2; 166 obv. 2. n'in-ul'ü=nif!il'tu, 'protection', ZIMMERN,
Rit. 96, 11, and Sm. 674, in BEZOLD,Catalogue.
§ 150. The four prefixes an, in, im, al forming both abstract and
concrete nouns are evidently euphonic augments.
a) an: an-dúl=andullu, 'shadow', from dul, 'to cover'; an-dúl,
Gud. Cyl. A 3, 14. Code 01 Ham., 2, 48. Perhaps also in annam =
mimma swnsu. antul = suklú, 'perfection' from til, 'to be complete'.
[So read for + ID SAL 1138].
b) in: indubba in nin indubba-ge, Gud. Sto B. 8, 52, 'lady of
letters?' ~. in-di =alaktu, 'way', from di, 'to walk', BA. V 620, 14.
1. Invariab1y written :::~~ amo The exp1anation given here for am
~
contraction of nam presents difficulties. am may be a decayed form of ág and
connected with nig (nag ?¡. In this case ág in ág-gig = ikkibu and ág-gi-ra
= claihu, cited above § 149, wou1d be abstract formations. Notice T ~T