Re: [tied] Beekes and the animate nominative *-s

Sorry. What I mean is that Akkadian -î is not a Gen.sg. ending but the oblique (Acc./Gen.) pl. ending of masculines, so its function is different from that of Latin -i: . The vocalism -i- of course occurs in -im, the Gen.sg. ending, but it's a short vowel, not comparable to Latin Gen.sg. -i: in any way. Either the form or the function is wrong.

Piotr

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:31 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Beekes and the animate nominative *-s

>[2] Latin Gen.sg. -i is a late formation, and Akkadian -i definitely isn't a genitive ending. I was going to make the same points. But why isn't Akkadian -i a genitive ending?