Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Map
- Introduction
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Appendix 1 Paradigms
- Appendix 2 Sources of exercise material
- Appendix 3 Grammatical Index
- Appendix 4 Cuneiform sign list
- Appendix 5 Glossary
Lesson 7
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Map
- Introduction
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Appendix 1 Paradigms
- Appendix 2 Sources of exercise material
- Appendix 3 Grammatical Index
- Appendix 4 Cuneiform sign list
- Appendix 5 Glossary
Summary
There is a large class of neuter nouns with a nom.-acc. sing. ending in -r, Ablauting with an oblique stem in -n-, that are called -r-/-n- or heteroclitic noun stems: e.g., nom.-acc. sing. neut. meḫur with an oblique stem meḫun- (gen. meḫun-aš, dat.-loc. meḫun-i etc.).
This -r-/-n- declension can be roughly divided into two groups: one with a nom.-acc. sing. neut. in -Car, changing with an obl. stem in -Cn- (Lesson 7.1.2) [GrHL 4.104–113], and a second with a nom.-acc. sing. neut. in -Car/-Cur, changing with an obl. stem in -CVn- (Lesson 7.1.3) [GrHL 4.101–103]. So, whereas the vowel preceding the -r of the nom.-acc. sing. is dropped in the oblique stem of the first group, the second group retains a vowel in the oblique stem.
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- The Elements of Hittite , pp. 97 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011