Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
prono. aff.
English translation:
pronomen affixum
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Latin term
prono. aff.
Latin to English
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[Arabic phrase (nam sic ibi legendum loco 'Arabic characters']. Rarius ipsum nominativum prono. aff. auctum constituit, ut apud Manacc.
What does this abbreviation stand for? Textual commentary in Latin (18th century) on an Arabic manuscript. Arabic words/characters are inserted, I don't know Arabic.
What does this abbreviation stand for? Textual commentary in Latin (18th century) on an Arabic manuscript. Arabic words/characters are inserted, I don't know Arabic.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | pronomen affixum |
Jim Tucker (X)
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| 3 | pronomini affinem |
Joseph Brazauskas
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Proposed translations
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pronomen affixum
likely
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Note added at 6 hrs (2013-10-21 11:51:58 GMT)
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...or in this sentence pronomine affixo of course
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Note added at 1 day30 mins (2013-10-22 05:30:11 GMT)
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This nominative is (perfect for present) less commonly (=more rarely) extended by a pronoun affix, as used by Manacc.
(The Semitic languages can affix a pronoun ending to a noun to indicate possession, for example. I figure that's what this refers to.)
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Note added at 6 hrs (2013-10-21 11:51:58 GMT)
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...or in this sentence pronomine affixo of course
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Note added at 1 day30 mins (2013-10-22 05:30:11 GMT)
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This nominative is (perfect for present) less commonly (=more rarely) extended by a pronoun affix, as used by Manacc.
(The Semitic languages can affix a pronoun ending to a noun to indicate possession, for example. I figure that's what this refers to.)
Note from asker:
| Thank you! |
| Yes, really, it makes sense. This way of agreement did not occur to me. So, literally: the nominative made longer by the affixed pronoun? Could you translate in full? |
| Yes, rarius can be only an adverb here. |
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pronomini affinem
That is, 'like (similar to) a pronoun', if 'aff.' stands for 'affinis', as it commonly does, 'affinem' being accusative to agree with 'nominativum' and 'pron.' presumably dative because of 'affinis'.
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your very interesting proposition. But I am in doubt, not knowing Arabic. For me word connectivity is better construed if these two words are in the same case Accus. 'nomintavum' being an adjective, governed by 'constituit'. I think I will give two variants with affixum and affinem, let an arabist make his own choice. |
| With your help, I understand it like this: The commentor has decided to use the more rare nominative, extended ... |
| Sorry, I misplaced instead of Jim Tucker. |
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