1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Sing. i. c. iw (?) later wl. PI. I. c. rc. 2. m. kw. 2. c. in. (. tn. 3. m. *fy, surviving only in a special verbal form, f. Sy. Du. 2. c. iny. sny. 3. m. in, early lost, 3. c. except as suffix. f. *it surviving as 3. c. From these are derived the suffixes, which are shortened forms attached to nouns to express the possessor, and to verbs to express the subject. In the latter case the verb was probably in the participle, so that fdmll-sn, " they hear," is literally hearing are they." The singular suffixes are: (i) …
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