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was me-ne-si-en-ge (kit) ; dat. me-en-zi-en-ra and sa-ra-an-si-en 

 ( !) ; loc. sa-a-an-si-en. In these two latter forms, we have a re- 

 duplication of the second person ; i. e., za-\- dat. -ra -\- verbal 

 (a)w-|-the second personal zl with verbal en=^zaranzen and za-a 

 loc. -f- ( a) w=^ second person -|- ^i with verbal en = zdnzen. 



The suffix of the second plural is -zu-ne, as mu-lu-zu-ne, ' your 

 lord,' Langdon, p. 104. Note that in Delitzsch, " Sumerisch-Akka- 

 disch-Hettitische Vokahularfragmente," p. 19, the form d-zu-sii-ne- 

 a-ds = ana ittikunn, ' for your wage ' = the suffix -zu-ne, with infixed 

 preposition si'i (ku) -[- directive a-ds, an unusual and interesting 

 example of infixation. The suffix zu-ne-ne often occurs, Delitzsch, 

 § 42 : u-gu-zu-ne-ne = elikunu, ' upon you ' ; nam-en-un-un-zu-ne-ne 

 =^ macartikunu, etc. Here we have plainly the pure plural of the 

 second personal element and no indication of ' thou and L' 



As in the case of the first person plural, there seems to be no 

 distinction between rectus and oblique. This is indicated by the 

 series of suffixes similar to those just cited in connection with the 

 first person plural ; -ah-ci-en, -an-ci-en, -en-ci-en, -ih-ci-en, -ib-ci-en, 

 in-ci-en, -me-ci-en, -me-en-ci-en and -un-ci-en. The forms -me-ci-en 

 and -me-en-ci-en may contain an ' I and thou ' element. These all 

 represent the second personal suffix with possible connecters. 



E-ne-ne-ne, ' they ' ; according to Delitzsch, § 32 ; ene -\- enene, ' he 

 and they,' but this form is more likely to be ene, ' he, she, it ' -}- the 

 reduplicated plural element -ne, as in the case of me-ne and -zu-ne- 

 ne, cited above. The short form e-ne-ne is also common. Poebel 

 gives e-ne-ne-ne as the full separate form, but without sufficient 

 foundation, as either e-ne-ne or e-ne-ne-ne might have served in 

 this capacity, as in the case of the singular e-ne. 



The third person declines regularly; gen. e-ne-ne -ge {kit) ; dat. 

 e-ne-ne-ra, e-ne-ne-ir; loc. e-ne-ne-a. 



The third plural suffix, as in the case of the third person singular, 

 is twofold ; i) {a)-ne-ne, the a not being always present, in fact it is 

 usually part of the prolonged root, as dug-ga-nene. It appears regu- 

 larly su-ne-ne, ' their hand ' ; gir-ne-ne, ' their foot ; ki-ne-ne-ta = 

 ittisunu, 'with them' (on ki-me-ne-ne^ittisunu, Delitzsch, §43, 

 see above s.v. me-en-ne). 2) The endings with the ^-element : 

 bi-e-ne-ne, bi-e-ne, Delitzsch, § 43 ; be-ne-ne, Langdon, p. 108, and 



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