Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šinn-

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

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Proto-Berber *a-sen and Polci šĩn.

Noun edit

*šinn- f

tooth

Inflection edit

Declension of *šinn-

Case

Singular

Dual

Plural

Nominative

*šinnum

*šinnāna

plural stem + *-ūna

Genitive

*šinnim

*šinnayna

plural stem + *-īna

Accusative

*šinnam

possessive forms

1st person

*šinnī / *šinnVya

—

*šinnVni

2nd person m

*šinnVka

*šinnVkumā / *šinnVkumay

*šinnVkum(ū)

2nd person f

*šinnVki

*šinnVkin(ā)

3rd person m

*šinnVšu

*šinnVšumā / *šinnVšumay

*šinnVšum(ū)

3rd person f

*šinnVša

*šinnVšin(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: *šinnuya for nom. case, *šinniya for gen. case, *šinnaya for acc. case, etc.

Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šinn-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šinnuka	*šinnāka	plural stem + *-ūka
Genitive	*šinnika	*šinnayka	plural stem + *-īka
Accusative	*šinnaka	*šinnayka	plural stem + *-īka

Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šinn-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šinnuki	*šinnāki	plural stem + *-ūki
Genitive	*šinniki	*šinnayki	plural stem + *-īki
Accusative	*šinnaki	*šinnayki	plural stem + *-īki