L1.8: Terminative-Adverbiative
L1.8: Terminative-Adverbiative#
The ending -iš had originally a terminative, later locative, function. It corresponds semantically to the preposition ana plus genitive. It can occur on nouns and adjectives:
Example
qerbiš “in the midst”.
On nouns it is no loonger productive. Its use is very restricted.
On infinitve, it denotes purpose:
Example
amariš “(in order) to see”.
When it is used with another noun, the second is in genitive:
Example
dāriš ūmī “forever” (lit. “for perpetuity of days”).
It can also be used with suffixes.
Example
šēpiššu “at his foot”.
qātiššu “at his foot”.
In later stages of the language it can be used with the meaning “like” equivalent to kīma + gen. “like a”:
Example
abūbiš “like a flood” = kīma abūbim.
abūbāniš “like a flood” (with the suffix -an)
It can be used to form adverbs when it is added to an adjective:
Example
mādiš “much greatly”.
damqiš “well”.
rabîš “greatly
hadîš joyfully
The ending -išam is an adverbial suffix that has principally a distributive meaning:
Example
umišam “daily”.
warhišam “monthly”.