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=====The article===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Case ! Singular ! Plural |- | style="background:#eee;"| '''Absolutive''' || ''-Ø'' || rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"| ''-na'' |- | style="background:#eee;"| all other cases || ''-ne'' |} In Hurrian, the function of the so-called "[[Article (grammar)|article]]" is not entirely clear, inasmuch as its use does not seem to resemble closely a typical [[definite article]].<ref>{{harvnb|Wegner|2000|pp=54–55}}</ref> It is attached directly to the noun, but before any case endings, e.g. ''tiwē-na-še'' (object.''art''.''gen.pl'') (of the objects). The article is unmarked in the absolutive singular – e.g. ''kāzi'' 'cup'. The /n/ of the article merges with a preceding /n/, /l/ or /r/ giving /nn/, /ll/ and /rr/ respectively, e.g. ''ēn-na'' (the gods), ''ōl-la'' (the others), ''awar-ra'' (the fields). In these cases, the stem-final vowel /i/ has been dropped; the singulars of these words are ''ēni'' (god), ''ōli'' (another), ''awari'' (field). If there are two consonants preceding the final /i/, an epenthetic vowel /u/ is inserted between them, e.g. ''hafur'''u'''n-ne-ta'' (heaven-''art''-''all.sg'', to heaven), the stem of which is ''hafurni'' (heaven).
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