Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕašt-
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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
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Numeral edit
*ʕašt-
Usage notes edit
- Supplanted in West Semitic by *ʔaḥad- (“lone”).
- The feminine is formed with the rare feminine suffix *-ay-.
Inflection edit
Declension of *ʕašt-
| Case | m | f |
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| Nominative | *ʕaštum | *ʕaštayum |
| Genitive | *ʕaštim | *ʕaštayim |
| Accusative | *ʕaštam | *ʕaštayam |
Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁹 m (ištēn)
- West Semitic:
- → Hurrian: 𐎛𐎘𐎚 (ỉṯt /ašt/), (possibly; potentially related to or otherwise developed from Proto-Hurro-Urartian *šu- (“one, once”) reconstructed from Hurrian 𒉻𒆠 (šuk-ki /šukki/) and Urartian 𒋗𒋛𒉌 (šu-si-ni /šusini/))