Grammatical Features Peculiar to Minaean Minaean language
1 grammatical features peculiar minaean
1.1 minaean nominal endings
1.2 relative pronouns
1.3 particles
1.4 verbs
1.4.1 conjugation of perfect tense
grammatical features peculiar minaean
due limited amount of texts have survived, many forms not attested, though discovery of new texts provide more source material. in minaean external plurals seem common; -h used @ end of words in construct state, in singular.
minaean nominal endings
(compare table given under sabaean language.)
relative pronouns
particles
whereas sabaean uses preposition l- mean to(wards) , or express dative case, minaean has k- (compare Ḥaḑramitic h-). particle k- has prefixed s2 in minaean, in bn s2-kḏ (the possibility) ... . minaean, other non-sabaean languages has temporal conjunction mty ( when ).
the minaean negative particle, has been far badly attested, lhm.
verbs
minaean distinguished other old south arabian languages having form verb stems reduplicated second radical, spelled fˁˁl (as in ˁlly, raise )
conjugation of perfect tense
mianaic, other south arabian languages, forms perfect tense adding suffixes. unlike other dialects, however, not write dual , plural endings, therefore same singular; example: s3l ( he/they dedicated ).
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