From: "Isaac Fried" <[email protected]>
1. You are right, except that I would put it slightly differently. I
would say that corresponding to ANIY, 'I', there used to be a variant
ATIY, that is preserved only as in attachment.
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Why not?
But it's not necessary.
We can just as well suggest that on the basis of Shamar-t-a, a form
Shamar-t-iY was created.
A.
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2. Now the question naturally arises as to what is the meaning of the
"suffix" -AH in SHAMR-AH, 'she has guarded', and the "suffix" -U in
SHAMR-U, 'they have guarded'?
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I do not see the purpose of looking for a "meaning" of these suffixes.
They mean what they are: -aH is feminine ending "she" and -u is "they".
A.
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3. I forgot to mention another word with root CB, namely, ECBA
אצבע 'finger'.
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Some people have suggested that this word may have some relationship with
sab( "seven".
Arnaud Fournet
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