Compound Formulas and Expressions From Sumerian and Akkadian In Modern Languages
( Especially Arabic)
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https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v0i134.1016Keywords:
Sumerian, AkkadianAbstract
Usually, languages lend words to and from each other, in many cases, as well, words can be inherited from older to newer languages of interchanging groups of peoples, regardless ethnic affiliations. However, it is not so common to take or inherit composite forms or verbal forms to indicate specific meanings. This article analyzes a certain group of such forms, mostly from Sumerian, some from Akkadian which are still in use in the modern languages of the Near East, especially in Arabic. For example, the Sumerian forms nam-meš and (a)-zal which has become namūs (greek nomos) and ‘azal in Arabic, the Akkadian verbal forms šūlu, kânu, la išu and even the word ṣillu(m) are now in use in Arabic as šīl, kān, laisa and ṣallā in the praising phrase for the prophet.
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