Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/malk-
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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
Noun edit
*malk- m
Declension edit
Declension of *malk-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *malkum | *malkāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *malkim | *malkayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *malkam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *malkī / *malkVya | — | *malkVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *malkVka | *malkVkumā / *malkVkumay | *malkVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *malkVki | *malkVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *malkVšu | *malkVšumā / *malkVšumay | *malkVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *malkVša | *malkVšin(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: *malkuya for nom. case, *malkiya for gen. case, *malkaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *malk-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *malk-
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Reconstruction notes edit
Sometimes reconstructed as *malik- to account for the Arabic form, which is otherwise irregular and perhaps the lack of vowels in Semitic scripts accounts for such irregularities.