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

Grammatical Précis 175
Gp qutila
qutala
yuqtal- Ø qatuœl- Ø
Gt *}iqtat(a)la17 yiqtatalyiqtatil-
}iqtatil muqtatil-? tVqtatil
N naqtala yiqqatil- naqtVl? Ø naqtaœl
D qattila yuqattil- qattil muqattil- quttal-
Dp quttila?
quttala?
yuqattal-? Ø muqattal-? Ø
tD *}itqattila
*}itqattala
*yutqattil-18 Ø Ø tuqattil-?
SÁ sûaqtila yusûaqtil- sûaqtil musûaqtil- sûvqtvl-
SÁp sûuqtala
sûuqtila
yusûaqtal- Ø musûaqtal- Ø
SÁt Ø yusûtaqtil- Ø musûtaqtil- Ø
Note that the derived stems, D and SÁ, have the same prefix and
theme vowels, and that the participle of the derived stems begins
with /mu-/.
7.6.18 Weak Verbs
Many of the common words a student will encounter, indeed, many
of the most common words in any language, exhibit interesting
permutations in their formation. For Ugaritic, this means that some
verbs are not formed on a base of three strong (unchanging) root
consonants. In the following section we illustrate the tendencies of
these so-called weak verbs. The prefixes and suffixes learned for
strong verbs remain the same. In order to determine the form of a
specific verb encountered, use the strong verb compendium as a
guide, replace the strong consonants qtl with the consonants of the
weak verb, and make the necessary adjustments in vowel or
17 The prothetic }i appears only when the form initates a phrase; e.g., }isûtm{.wtqgí
“take heed and be alert”—both verbs are Gt! See also tD.
18 The -t- is infixed when the first root letter is a sibilant; e.g., ysût}al, “he asked
himself.”