A manual of the Chaldee language - PubMan

1. fim+tion. The n of the passive preformative
n# regularly changeo places with the first radicd, when
that happens to be a sibilant (1, b, %, il or d) ; e. g,
Y ~ Q ~ P~II_Y~.
N ,
~~FIQ,
;
he foll&ing letteis are. dropped. (1) 9 and 3 in
some forms in which they would stand in the beginning of
a word without a vowel; e. g. 3b instead of 3Q3,PT
..:
[Imp.] for .1'1*.-(2) -. ~onsbnahts de:titute of vowels, by
contraction; e. g. instead of 'llijm~, .:. T .. Q . iw ~
stead of T p qlm. .. . co ere belong also '728 instead of
7%~, .. - -: bm'lc instlad of NRTm Ex. 9: 31. - Jon-(3) 1
: '-: :
without a vowel and in'the end of a syllable, of partic;
plea changed into tenses ; 'e. g. l'md~? :+ for 7?17?9$~12 .-
(4) Very frequently the quiescent~ ; e g. l~dq ... ... ikead of
117PN9, . .. qZ?n .. -s instead of q;IN?R - -: .- (5) n in' the end of
nods constantly in the absolute state of feminine forms
like nl3k; -also in the later Targums 92 for R'P .. Gen.
22: 19. ~bnath.
d. Commutation takes place, especially of quiescents;
(I) When one quiescent letter is exchanged for another
mpable of quiescing in the same vowel ; as 72% instead
of %#a, - .. (which is merely an orthographical change;)
42) When a quiescent, homogeneous with the characteristic
vowel of a particular form, is substituted for one
which would be he terogenous ; as DqPN . -: for Cl?N
!
But thoee numerous cases of verbs tt3 do not belong here, in which 9
. -: (~73~4
appears instead of N ; nor such instances as tt?:??P instead of #~#??p ;
for in these cases the 9 is only the origind consonant (which had been
&placed by another), restored. See above.
s, lnscrtion # is sometimes inserted in ca-
ses where otherwise a syllable would commence with
two comaab ; e. g. 'Q@* q?!. Here belong also