mTHNOWGT or TRB INDO-PAClflO IlX.ANl>S.' 



• APPENWl XO SEC. 6 OF CHAP. V,, PAET IT. 



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0O3IPARATIVB VOCABULAIiy OF SEMtTlC AND AFUfCAH NOMKBAMi; 



A* t!i« !^n«it!c avstfH f^c^'upies a |M'culiar plan** with reJalion to tba 

 AsisiLU; on xiii' oufi lUid thf Airitumon tlio oIIht J simli give it 



BfjiBnitifly, r<»r«irfn5^ Ln tlie >entiii<:"»- AlricHJi list lor ilu' <leiailed sLiiL*^ 

 m^ai ui the aiHuiuci} whi^u thev uro^utli Atricaa tuiJ Atjiaiic. 



One. 



A, wa-h-M, <»r wn*h*e//, w^i-h-f/*?, n-kli.cnif mtf^^.* wah-jW o7.tf, 

 B-kii-dr/.t /(POT, Arsibir, e-kh-flifr mw^c-t a kh-ai /em. Hehievi, kh-'d 

 m /.vc, k'l rf'^fl fftn. CliiikJtT, ia iVltihrHh, Unrojuo I. U t. vn Kgypliaru 



'I'lie ?iftniti<; tonus nre most cloi^eljr cotnipclttd Willi iliu Ugrian, iu 

 thi-* ag Willi: witU iIip lif fo-KtjroppaiK [^Jt'itiiiico-Aiiiciiii 1. A.J 



Ari a deliiiStivtf^ nf'^'innto or (-uiirrtfieil with otUtT vo»U, a 3iJ pruiiaun, 

 a licMHotistratiie kt.% t!ie most an-lmic i?eii!iu(N>-Libyun Ibrm ol ttid 

 T"ol A ii\t]ionrH to hnvt) bi'eu llie avj^ntte Htid iiibiiutir, pu^siu^ iulo the 

 dfMiial uii'i «^uuuifi), iiu, tu, kiiu, ku &c. 



Ar< ft uiik llie juirnly u*|iii nto U>rm kiomul in AlVicivti ]ansfuag:e8, but 

 if rnre. The siliiJuMt is the most cotjitimn. not only in Alrivau ays- 

 tf^ijis but ill Htf higiier nitrabera ol iLe .Semitic, from vvhkli it Ibllowg 

 tliiit ^JetnUic iHiiloct* ori|itnuJly a tbrniB in 1 also, The var iiitiona 

 WL'i ff sirii|ily tlie iJtritniivp in its ilifferent lonns, Tims torii)* siniiJBr to 

 the Habyioitiau m'Va mmc.fM-al, torn, "^ihts he, !ilu!",6u-?;u. jstwm, au-n, 

 sn-ntt-t,' m-mi-i plttnd (coustHjuciulv not 1 but '2 m in sa-na '20 suit! tho 

 common Sfmiric alie-na Egypiian eti-tn-J rftasc^ en-tu-it/em,, 



^rt-tr-JfH*a, s-enpi (5i*t itrrmoiui), the Araitiv ho-jra nmsc, Ui-ya tem., Iio-w* 

 inaic, hO'Titui pi. fum. find other Scnndro-Alrw-iiii ttjrms ol' deiiiii- 

 tiv^s ft»'e toitml H» units in 1 or iu lii;:ht'r iinml*er8. Ilutretitot, whiah haa 

 the trnttunxl lona nl' liie iinil, shews the an huUi i'm>t^e of Ui^lini lives and 

 cousequt'iiiiy td' nunifirtil eienionts vury dearly^ quii-m^ niivst; , quei-« 

 Ibuj., quei-Vtu [d. must:., qni'i-tee pL fem.^ qnci-tta or qn-an pi, conj. 



Muny id" the numeial tfi-ms baw a reiiundiinuy ot'dftimli ve oJementg,, 

 The firifuary prunoiuifuil (ui^Hi.vt'.s appear ai a r^iinne j>erioil to hav$ 

 Iji^tuuia e<jiii:reteil wiih the roni^ wlu»u imw or st-condnry postfixea were 

 tuptiradileil. Thua the uuk.leusi uf i\w Suinitit; '2 was the ddiuitive with 

 iu duiil or plural fH»sitix th-7r, if-Jt, t-r. At a !ult'r »tM'^e a m'coii(Jary 

 phiraJ jiOdtiiK was ussuincd m in atlj-inwtM iwusc, Ktii-Iii-t-u/t i'cm, 

 JkrnlAfi tii-r-f-fti ChalJee, she-ta-yiwi Hebrew, (in whiuh tho original 

 Da is idiflMii althuii^jh prcaftrvefl in the masc. 8he-iia-//iwi where the two 

 plurwl idenieiii'^ nre in juv{a|»o!jkion as in tlip Arabia torwi.) 



[u till' current, ibnns id" 1 thn dental poisttix only is usud. This ig the 

 ^t?tinitive itaetr, with or wiihouf its acuundary tondtdnp power, la 

 otht-rtorms the lifjuid id'ir-ii na^ la, ra iScc. arul tlio liihiid masculine 

 are pre!((^rvHd as p<>»il)xe<!, and it is probabEe that iu the iiriy;inal ^euii'* 

 ti«; ayAieui ih^y might; ull be used Iu 1 also, t ho plural jjow&i ol tli9 

 liipiid being secondary. 



{b.) Thu iiibliunt uuit takes the !ii|ukl poaCjSit in 10 ash-ar, as-ra, Ar.^ 



• Some Hravirfriul an</ extrn- Arabian forma Qle inclttiiedj to thoW ihe pk^iD$n 

 tic vociatioHB ut whicu the mim are ii&blo. * 



