Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḫamš-
Proto-Semitic edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Proto-Berber *səmmus (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵎⵎⵓⵙ (smmus)).
Numeral edit
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Cardinal: *ḫamš- |
*ḫamš-
Usage notes edit
This number exhibited chiastic concord (gender polarity), in which masculine forms were used to agree with feminine nouns, and feminine forms with masculine nouns.
Reconstruction notes edit
Huehnergard reconstructs *ḫamiš- following the Akkadian vowels, which would then have undergone syncope to *ḫamš- per Steiner.
Inflection edit
Declension of *ḫamš-
Case | m | f |
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Nominative | *ḫamšum | *ḫamšatum |
Genitive | *ḫamšim | *ḫamšatim |
Accusative | *ḫamšam | *ḫamšatam |
Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒐊 (ḫamšat)
- West Semiitc:
References edit
- Weninger, Stefan (2011) “Reconstructive Morphology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 167
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
- Richard C. Steiner (2012) “Vowel Syncope and Syllable Repair Processes in Proto-Semitic Construct Forms: A New Reconstruction Based on the Law of Diminishing Conditioning”, in Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization[1], volume 67, →ISSN