Jedną z cech rzeczowników pospolitych jest to, że można je policzyć. Wiąże się to z użyciem nie tylko liczb (patrz rozdział 2), ale także słów miar (patrz rozdział 3).
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Egna substantiv är namn på människor, platser, institutioner etc. I motsats till engelska praxis är namnen på individer på kinesiska i ordningsföljd av förnamn, vilket vanligtvis är en stavelse, och sedan valt namn, som kan vara antingen en eller två stavelser. 李惠明 Lǐ Huìmíng, i vilken 李 Lǐär efternamnet och 惠明 Huìmíng det valda namnet
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Adopting the standard format for the description of notable individuals,Fursat reproduces a centuries-old model that structures the relationshipbetween knowledge and place as one of embodiment: the qualities of aplace are found in the people who represent it. Even though the individualsmentioned partake of this configuration in different degrees, theycircumscribe a “society” of people eager to
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A STYAGES now ruled Media in place of his father Cyaxares. His name in Iranian, Arshtivaiga, meant “lance-hurler,” but it was quite inappropriate for the son, who in his long reign (585-550) showed only weakness. In Persian lands Ariaramnes had been succeeded by his son Arsames (Arshama); in the other line, Cyrus gave place, not
PREHISTORIC IRAN LONG before the great plateau was called Iran, it was well popuJ lated. Obsidian flakes have been found under the alluvial deposits from the last glacial period, while men of the late Stone Age left their crude flint implements in the open. By the fifth pre-Christian millennium, numerous tiny hamlets sheltered a peaceful
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When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 B.C.} the world was old. More significant, the world knew its antiquity. Its scholars had compiled long dynastic lists, and simple addition appeared to prove that kings whose monuments were still visible had ruled more than four millenniums before. Yet earlier were other monarchs, sons of gods and so
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the second part of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam Fursat devotes the second part of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam to the city of Shiraz, his hometown. He returns there between travels and compares the city to the small towns he stays in during his voyages. Shiraz is a center of knowledge for the entire region and beyond, inhabited by friends
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Fursat’s observations of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam The narrative of Âsâr-i ‘Ajam proceeds by diversions and detours that correspond to Fursat’s travels. To expand and clarify findings, Fursat subsequently interspersed the travelogues with chapters written once he returned from his journeys. The bulk of the information in the Âsâr-i ‘Ajam comes from Fursat’s observations, supplemented by the
