Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench/Ancient: Difference between revisions
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Minimal pairs and triples for overlong vowels in Ancient Knench: | Minimal pairs and triples for overlong vowels in Ancient Knench: | ||
* ''malkō'' 'a queen', ''malkô'' 'her king' | * ''malkō'' 'a queen', ''malkô'' 'her king' | ||
* '' | * ''sufrī'' 'count! (f.sg.)', ''sufrî'' 'literary, written' | ||
* ''harbi!'' 'do something a lot! (m.sg.)' ''harbī!'' 'ibid., f.sg.' ''harbî'' 'numerous' | * ''harbi!'' 'do something a lot! (m.sg.)' ''harbī!'' 'ibid., f.sg.' ''harbî'' 'numerous' | ||
* ''dammim'' 'bleed!', ''dammīm'' 'bloodshed', ''dammîm'' 'bloody, of or like blood (masculine plural)' | * ''dammim'' 'bleed!', ''dammīm'' 'bloodshed', ''dammîm'' 'bloody, of or like blood (masculine plural)' | ||
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* ''rū3ē'' 'the evils of', ''rū3ê'' 'the friends of' | * ''rū3ē'' 'the evils of', ''rū3ê'' 'the friends of' | ||
Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: '' | Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: ''bû'' 'come! (m.sg.)' (from *būʔ < *buʔ, Tiberian Hebrew /bo:/) | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||