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Verbal Morphology
Verbal Suffixes
Finite verbs in Elamite are marked according to person and number. There is one conjugation class (called Conjugation I) for all verbs, which is generally agreed upon as indicating an active preterite or perfect. A paradigm table with the verb stem hutta "to do" will illustrate:
Conjugation I
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | hutta-h | hutta-hu |
| 2nd | hutta-t | hutta-ht |
| 3rd | hutta-sz | hutta-hsz |
(Cf. Stolper pg. 65 and Reiner pg. 76).
In addition, participial forms derived from finite verb stems were used for the present/future and passives. There were two classes. Active participles were marked with the suffix -k (Conjugation II) and passives with -n (Conjugation III). These participles follow nominal declension:
Conjugation II
| Class | |
|---|---|
| locutive (1st sg./pl.) | hutta-n-k |
| allocutive (2nd sg./pl.) | hutta-n-t |
| delocutive (3rd sg. anim.) | hutta-n-r |
| (3rd pl. anim.) | hutta-n-p |
| (3rd inan.) | hutta-n-Ø |
