adjectives

Paul R. Zellmer zellmer at pworld.net.ph
Tue Jun 9 18:50:57 EDT 1998


Carl wrote:

> One expects to find compounded adjectives as having only
> one ending for m&f, another for the n. (e.g. AQANATOS, AQANATON; ARGOS
> <A-ERGOS, ARGON; but hAMARTWLOS and the very common ERHMOS are exceptional
> (we see hH ERHMOS early in the synoptic gospels repeatedly, often without
> realizing that ERHMOS is an adjective and that the understood noun with it
> is GH). 

Carl,

You raised a point that caused a side question in my mind.  My initial
reaction to this statement was, "But hAMARTWLOS *is* a compounded
adjective, the A-privative being the addition."  But then I started
asking myself where the rough breathing came in.  I must admit that I
don't have a good answer, yet the resources I've looked up seem to
indicate that we do indeed have a compounded word here.

Are you saying that hAMARTWLOS is not a compound, or does your
"exceptional" mean that they are noteworthy illustrations?  If it is a
compound, where does the rough breathing come from?

Thanks,

Paul
-- 
Paul and Dee Zellmer, Jimmy Guingab, Geoffrey Beltran
Ibanag Translation Project
Cabagan, Philippines

zellmer at faith.edu.ph





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