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A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru

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<strong>and</strong> in the masculine plural.<br />

Grammatical Précis 159<br />

7.4.5 Noun <strong>and</strong> Adjective Declensi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Noun-Adjective Declensi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Singular masc nom unbound/bound klb /kalbu/<br />

gen unbound/bound klb /kalbi/<br />

acc unbound/bound klb /kalba/<br />

fem nom unbound/bound klbt /kalbatu/<br />

gen unbound/bound klbt /kalbati/<br />

acc unbound/bound klbt /kalbata/<br />

Plural masc nom unbound klbm /kalbuœma/<br />

bound klb /kalbuœ/<br />

obl unbound klbm /kalbˆäma/<br />

bound klb /kalbˆä/<br />

fem nom unbound klbt /kalbaœtu/<br />

bound klbt /kalbaœtu/<br />

obl unbound klbt /kalbaœti/<br />

bound klbt /kalbaœti/<br />

Dual masc nom unbound klbm /kalbaœmi/<br />

bound klb /kalbaœ/<br />

obl unbound klbm /kalbeœmi/<br />

bound klb /kalbeœ/<br />

fem nom unbound klbtm /kalbataœmi/<br />

bound klbt /kalbataœ/<br />

obl unbound klbtm /kalbateœmi/<br />

bound klbt /kalbateœ/<br />

NOTE: There is no definite or indefinite article in <strong>Ugaritic</strong>; e.g., klb<br />

may mean either “dog,” “a dog,” or “the dog,” depending <strong>on</strong><br />

c<strong>on</strong>text.<br />

7.4.6 Vocative<br />

There is a vocative in <strong>Ugaritic</strong>, often but not always marked by a<br />

prefixed l-. Itisunclear whether the vocative is formally associated<br />

with <strong>on</strong>e particular case vowel, e.g., lksi}, “OThr<strong>on</strong>e” (KTU

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