Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šamn-
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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Semitic edit
Etymology edit
Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵎⵙ (ims).
Noun edit
*šamn- m
- fat (foodstuff)
Inflection edit
Declension of *šamn-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *šamnum | *šamnāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *šamnim | *šamnayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *šamnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *šamnī / *šamnVya | — | *šamnVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *šamnVka | *šamnVkumā / *šamnVkumay | *šamnVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *šamnVki | *šamnVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *šamnVšu | *šamnVšumā / *šamnVšumay | *šamnVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *šamnVša | *šamnVšin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible.
Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *šamnuya for nom. case, *šamniya for gen. case, *šamnaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šamn-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šamn-
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Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒉌𒄑 (šamnum)
- West Semitic:
References edit
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN