Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/rabb-
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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
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-.
Verb edit
*rabb- (prefix conjugation *yirubb-, verbal noun *rabb-)
Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒂼 (rapāšum)
- West Semitic:
Noun edit
*rabb- m
Inflection edit
Declension of *rabb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *rabbum | *rabbāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *rabbim | *rabbayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *rabbam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *rabbī / *rabbVya | — | *rabbVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *rabbVka | *rabbVkumā / *rabbVkumay | *rabbVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *rabbVki | *rabbVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *rabbVšu | *rabbVšumā / *rabbVšumay | *rabbVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *rabbVša | *rabbVšin(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: *rabbuya for nom. case, *rabbiya for gen. case, *rabbaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *rabb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *rabb-
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Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒃲 (rab)
- West Semitic:
Adjective edit
*rabb-
Inflection edit
Declension of *rabb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | m | f | m | f | |
| Nominative | *rabbum | *rabbatum | *rabbāna | *rabbatāna | *rabbūna | *rabbātum |
| Genitive | *rabbim | *rabbatim | *rabbayna | *rabbatayna | *rabbīna | *rabbātim |
| Accusative | *rabbam | *rabbatam | ||||