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am) im, am.
Gerundive
eonjugation.
Gerundive
eonjugation
in dependent
elauses.
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SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
§ 208. ám may be attached directly to a no un which forms its com­
plement. alan-ba d·bur-cl·sin kenag uri-(ki)-ma mu-bi-im, "Of this
statue 'Bur-Sin beloved of Ur' is the name" '. ki-sü-bi-im,' it is a la­
mentation' 2. alan-e ... dagesi-ám, 'The statue is diorite'3. i-dé-mu-Sú
a-ba-ám bar-mu-sú a-ba-ám, 'before me who is? behind me who is'?".
d·ba-ú nin-a-ni nin uru-azag-gi ni sif¡-ám, , Sau his lady, is the lady who
herself founded the holy city', Gud. E 3, 16-19.
§ 209. Tbe verb me when attached to participles forms tbe widely
used participial conjugation. In this construction the form is ordinar­
ily attached directly to the verbal root by the vowel a and drops the final
e since the accent is lost to the verbal root. Thus we have dú,q-im-me
'he speaks", but more regularly dúg-ám6• Since the verbal root is po­
tentiaIly either active or passive, the participial conjugation may have
either yoice ad libitum, as gü-ni kür-ra-ám,' his cry is changed' 7.
é-ta e-a-ám, it is brought forth from the temple". gis é dul-me-gul
unug-(ki)-ta túm-ám, 'the wood has been brought from the house dul­
me-gul of Erech". dúg-ga-zu zid-dam sa,q-bi-sú e-a-ám, 'thy word
is true, it arises supremely'1O. One ~a of liquor, one /sa of bread, a
half ~w of meal-club-club, a half ~w of wheat bread-gar-ra sá-dúg-ba
gál-la-ám, 'are instituted for the regular offering' ". a-silim gar-ra­
ám, 'she prepares healing water' 12.
§ 210. The participial conjugation is particularly frequent in de-
1. CT. XXI 25, 10-11.
2. Bab., III 242.
:'l. Gud. B 7, 49-54.
4. ASKT. 128, 65= K. 41 rey. 1I 5.
5. SBP. 322, 5. 7. 9. ete.
6. Note that this widely used ending is invaríably wrítten kAN.
7. SBR. 112,5.
8. Br. M., 19067obv. 10.
9. Nm., 2.86rey. I 2.
10. Cyl. A 4, 10·11.
11. Gud. B 1, 8-12.
12. Cyl. B 4, 18.