Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯamāniy-
Proto-Semitic edit
Etymology edit
Compare with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎ (tam) and Egyptian ḫmnw.
Numeral edit
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Cardinal: *ṯamāniy- |
*ṯamāniy-
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.
Inflection edit
Declension of *ṯamāniy-
Case | m | f |
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Nominative | *ṯamāniyum | *ṯamāniyatum |
Genitive | *ṯamāniyim | *ṯamāniyatim |
Accusative | *ṯamāniyam | *ṯamāniyatam |
Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒐍 (samānat)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya)
- Aramaic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References edit
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61