Proto-Semitic
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Etymology
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Compare Proto-Indo-European *táwros; may be borrowed from or into, or possibly both from a common unknown source.
*ṯawr- m
- bull, ox
Inflection
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Declension of *ṯawr-
Case
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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*ṯawrum
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*ṯawrāna
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plural stem + *-ūna
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Genitive
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*ṯawrim
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*ṯawrayna
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plural stem + *-īna
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Accusative
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*ṯawram
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possessive forms
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1st person
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*ṯawrī / *ṯawrVya
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—
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*ṯawrVni
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2nd person m
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*ṯawrVka
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*ṯawrVkumā / *ṯawrVkumay
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*ṯawrVkum(ū)
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2nd person f
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*ṯawrVki
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*ṯawrVkin(ā)
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3rd person m
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*ṯawrVšu
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*ṯawrVšumā / *ṯawrVšumay
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*ṯawrVšum(ū)
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3rd person f
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*ṯawrVša
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*ṯawrVšin(ā)
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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: *ṯawruya for nom. case, *ṯawriya for gen. case, *ṯawraya for acc. case, etc.
Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ṯawr-
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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*ṯawruka
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*ṯawrāka
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plural stem + *-ūka
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Genitive
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*ṯawrika
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*ṯawrayka
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plural stem + *-īka
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Accusative
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*ṯawraka
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Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ṯawr-
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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*ṯawruki
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*ṯawrāki
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plural stem + *-ūki
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Genitive
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*ṯawriki
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*ṯawrayki
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plural stem + *-īki
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Accusative
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*ṯawraki
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Descendants
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- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒋗𒌑𒊒 (šūrum)
- Eblaite: 𒄞𒌉 (GU4.TUR /šu-lum/)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: ثَوْر (ṯawr)
- Egyptian Arabic: تور (tōr)
- Gulf Arabic: ثور (ṯōr)
- Hijazi Arabic: ثور (tōr, ṯōr)
- South Levantine Arabic: تور (tōr)
- Moroccan Arabic: تور (tūr, tawr)
- → Azerbaijani: sövr, Sövr
- → Chagatai: ثور
- → Persian: ثور (sowr)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: תַּוְרָא (tawrā) / ܬܱ݁ܘܪܳܐ (tawrā)
- → Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (twwr /*tawar/, “bull, ox”)
- Persian: تاول (tâvel, “bull, ox”) (obsolete)
- → Armenian: տավար (tavar, “beef”)
- → Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tʾβʾr, “livestock, goods”)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: שׁוֹר (shor, šôr)
- Phoenician: 𐤔𐤓 (šr /šōr/)
- Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎗 (ṯr)
- Old South Arabian:
- Minaean: 𐩻𐩥𐩧 (ṯwr)
- Qatabanian: 𐩻𐩥𐩧 (ṯwr)
- Sabaean: 𐩻𐩥𐩧 (ṯwr), 𐩻𐩧 (ṯr)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Ge'ez: ሶር (sor)
- Tigrinya: ሶር (sor)
- Tigre: ሶር (sor)