L4.6: I-w Verbs

These verbs are expanded from a biconsonantical to a triconsonantical root with the addition of w(a)-. It is necessary to distinguish between fientic verbs and stative verbs. The fientic verbs are originally biconsonantical roots:

Example

• wašābum “to seat”

• wabālum “to carry, to bring”

• walādum “to give birth (to)”

In the stative verbs the w probaly belongs to the root:

Example

• waqārum “to be valuable”

• watārum “to be in excess”

• warāqum “to be(come) green-yellow”

The stative verbs are treated like I-y roots.

I-w Fientic Verbs

The fientic verbs show some weak forms:

1. The diphthong aw and iw of the prefixes become ū:

   Example

   • ūšib “I sat down* < *awšib

   • ūbil “he brought* < *iwbil

2. The durative has a theme vowel a and doubles the middle radical:

   Example

   • uššab “I sat down* < *awšib

   • ubbal “he brought* < *iwbil

3. In the preterite the elision of short vowel often occurs:

   Example

   • ublam “he brought here” < ūbilam

4. In the preterite the elision of the root vowel i even before long vowel often occurs:

   Example

   • ūšibū and ušbū “they sat down

5. In the prefixless forms (inf., part.) the w of the root augment dissapears and a secondary root is used:

   Example

   • wābilum > bābilum

   • wabālu > babālum

Conjugation of the verbs I-w

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	uššab	ittašab	ūšib
2s.m.	tuššab	tattašab	tūšib
2s.f.	tuššabī	tattašabī	tušbī
1s.c.	uššab	attašab	ūšib
3pl.m.	uššabū	ittašabū	ūšibū, ušbū
3pl.f.	uššabā	ittašabā	ūšibā, ušibā
2pl.c.	tuššabā	tattašabā	tūšibā, tušbā
1pl.c.	nuššab	nittašab	nūšib

Paradigm of the verbs I-w

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Participle	Infinitve	Verbal Adjective
G I-w	ubbal	ittabal	ūbil	bābilum	babālum	–