L5.3: Special Verbs

There are some frequently used verbs that show an irregular conjugation. They have to be learned each individually:

alākum “to go”

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	illak	ittalak	illik
2s.m.	tallak	tattalak	tallik
2s.f.	tallakī	tattalakī	tallikī
1s.c.	allak	attalak	allik
3pl.m.	illakū	ittalkū	illikū
3pl.f.	illakā	ittalkā	illakā
2pl.c.	tallakā	tattalkā	tallikā
1pl.c.	nillak	nittalak	nillik

izuzzum “to stand”

This is a biconsonantical root *ziz

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	izzaz	ittaziz	izziz
3pl.m.	izzazzū	ittazizzū	izzi(z)zū

Participle	Infinitve	Verbal Adjective
muzzazum	izuzzum, uzuzzum	–

i/utūlum “to lie”

This is a biconsonantical root *tīl, *nīl

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	inâl, ittâl	ittatīl	ittīl, inīl

Participle	Infinitve	Verbal Adjective
–	itūlum, utūlum	–

edûm “to know”

This verb is defective, therefore only the preterite attested (s. Greek oida, Latin cognovi, German weiß. It is III-e.

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	–	–	īdē
2s.m.	–	–	tīdē
2s.f.	–	–	tīdê
1s.c.	–	–	īdē
3pl.m.	–	–	idû
3pl.f.	–	–	idâ
2pl.c.	–	–	tīdâ
1pl.c.	–	–	nīdē

Participle	Infinitve	Verbal Adjective
mūdûm	edûm	–

išûm “to have”

This verb is also defective, therefore only the preterite attested. It is III-u.

	Durative	Perfect	Preterite
3s.c.	–	–	īšū
2s.m.	–	–	tīšū
2s.f.	–	–	tīšî
1s.c.	–	–	īšū
3pl.m.	–	–	išû
3pl.f.	–	–	išâ
2pl.c.	–	–	tīšâ
1pl.c.	–	–	nīšū