Cardinal numbers from three are for the most part joined to the thing numbered by Apposition in the abso lute state; as, ten virgins. But the constructive state is occasionally used; thus in Matth. iv. 25, we have cities, literally, a decad of cities. o 2:00 ten ค These numbers are frequently found to occupy the place of ordinals. In Luke i. 59, we have the day which (is) eighth, i. e. the eighth day, sixth hour. Denary numbers from 20 to 90 are expressed in the plural, and are of the common gender; thus, twenty, AS2 thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, The ordinals are derived from these by adding the termination for the masculine, and nine; as, masc. fem. A for the femi twentieth. n The remaining numerals are, so a hundred, two hundred, three hundred, &c., which are formed by prefixing the less number of the feminine gender before so. a thousand, fem. ܠܦ ,Also or Lá, plu.a, la, i ten thousand. Twice, thrice, &c. are sometimes expressed by cardinals, with the noun 9 time, after it; as, once, lit. one time. Words denoting a part of the whole are, 12 a Multiples, as double, treble, &c. are expressed by, and a cardinal number following with prefixed, or ܚܕ ܒܫܟܥܐ ,sometimes without it; as in or into seven, 32 double. seven fold, lit. one The days of the week are, first day of PRONOUNS. 24. PRONOUNS are sometimes separable, i. e. consist of words, and sometimes inseparable, i. e. they are expressed by certain particles called affixes placed at the end of nouns, verbs, or other particles. The following is a Table of the personal pronouns. oo and are also used for the demonstrative pronouns; as, oo that man, Jới 12 that woman. are for the most part found after ܢܝܢ and ܢܘܢ a transitive verb; as, so they have filled them, John ii. 9. * In the recently discovered Syriac version of the Theophania of Eusebius there is found the pronominal form we. Heb. אנחנו .ܗܠܝܢ and ܗܢܘܢ also occur for ܗܠܝܟ and ܗܢܘܟ The fkorms These become reciprocal by being joined to the personal pronouns; as, Lo o he himself, she herself. I Lo and o coalesce with oo and, and then I we have the following compounds, or this is, masc. So this is, fem. 26. The Relative and Interrogative Pronouns. The relative is ? of both genders and numbers, and is prefixed to words. It is probably the same as the Ethiopic H, which in Hebrew has the same use and signification as or . The interrogatives are, .אשר of the person, aito, who? of the thing,o, esô, esó, liso, what? is of both genders and numbers. at is com pounded of and oo; as, or on whó aió, who hath opened his eyes? lit. who is he, who hath opened for him his eyes? Interrogatives of both person and thing are l masc. 11 fem. who, which, what? of the sing. numb., and, who, which, what? of the plural. ? When is used with these interrogatives, they become relatives; as, up, l? ~ the bear which he saw. with the Care must be taken not to confound preposition. Before the use of vowels the former word was written, with a point above the so, and the latter , i. e. with a point below the said letter. 27. The following Table exhibits what are called pronominal affixes, which are added to the end of nouns. They are certain abbreviated terminations or inseparable particles, and have the signification of possessive pronouns. |