28. There are separate possessive pronouns. They

are expressed by the letters, which are put before

I

the affixes; thus, my, thy, masc.;?

thy, fem.; σ

I

his, of her, Lour, pôl? your, or?

masc.; —— your, fem.; their, masc.; ? their, fem.

I

Distributive pronouns are expressed by i?, ei? and the preposition; sometimes the substantive is taken away and the distributive pronoun is in

dicated by only; thus, some of

ܡܢܞܢ ,only; ܡܢ

them, or so some of them. Alsoilô or jólô

whosoever, kolô or so whatsoever. The latter

a a

pronoun is composed of all, and so so something, or any thing.

Other pronouns are formed by adding the affixes soul or person, and kooio

to the nouns

substance or person; as,

orea' a'i Vilo and he went, hanged himself;

asion in himself. See also John vi. 53.

29. Nouns with Affixes.

We come now to nouns with affixes. The vowel changes of nouns receiving the affixes in Hebrew are many and complicated; but in Syriac are few and simple. The following is an example of a masculine noun, which is first put in the definite state and then takes the affixes in the place of the termination 1.

1. The word is pronounced Malk, the being otiose.

2. Nouns in the singular number the definite state of which terminates in L, form the affix of the first person singular in and the second and third

,thus ;ܝܗܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܝܟܝܢ ܕܝܟܘܢ persons plural in

I

I

their boy. Lo Lord, which takes the affixes from 1, is an exception to this rule.

3. Such nouns as terminate in and the letter immediately before Yud having a vowel, when they take the affixes the is removed, another is added,

in the plural, and the first Yud changes its vowel to Pethocho; as, an architect, plu. io, io,

حنت

4. Those nouns having the abs. state, as and the definite, as Lo, retain the with the affixes of the first person sing. and second and third persons plu.; as, o my priest. Again, those in

the abs. state having the vowel on the last syllable, and any other vowel on the preceding syllable, the is preserved with the affixes of the abovementioned persons;

.abs ܡܕܒܚܐ ,persons ; as ,altar ܡܕܟܚ

was my altar.

5. There are some nouns, namely, monosyllables, which have the vowel " in the abs. state, and which lose it in the definite. Such nouns preserve the with the affixes of the above-mentioned per

n

sons; as, so def. or blood, or my blood.

a

6. Some nouns in the plural number receive the affixes both in the def. and const. states. They are those which terminate in the absolute state in, the definite in L'and the constructive in

which have the linea occultans under the first Lomad,

when they take the affixes, the linea occultans is re

moved, and the Lomad receives 7; as, cocó,

2:50 Lord, is not found with any pronominal affix. The reason is, that under such circumstance, the noun is used in its place; thus, my Lord, thy Lord, so his Lord, &c.

Three nouns, namely,

father, Lúľ brother, kon

father-in-law, take the affixes in an irregular manner.

The other two nouns take the affixes in the same way, except that makes my father-in-law. See obs. 4, p. 45.

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30. In feminine nouns the same affixes are used for both numbers; namely, those which are annexed