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7.2 The "-teens": 11–19

7 · Numerals — counting, dates, "the second one" · a plain-language guide to Assyrian (Sureth) grammar

Take a unit number and bolt -sar onto the end (it's the old word for "ten," the same way English "-teen" is a worn-down "ten"):

You can hear the unit number inside most of them — khamsha → khamshasar, eshta → eshtasar, shavva → shavvasar. A couple got reshaped over time (tre → taryessar, tla → taltasar), so those two are worth an extra look. Like the small numbers, the teens are invariable — one form, no gender.

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