Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/tišʕ-
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Proto-Semitic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *tVsʕ-. Cognate with Proto-Berber *tăẓa (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵥⴰ (tẓa)) and possibly with Hausa tar̃à.
Numeral edit
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Cardinal: *tišʕ- |
*tišʕ-
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 *tišʕ-
Case | m | f |
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Nominative | *tišʕum | *tišʕatum |
Genitive | *tišʕim | *tišʕatim |
Accusative | *tišʕam | *tišʕatam |
Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒑆 (tišīt)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: تِسْعَة (tisʕa)
- Northwest Semitic:
- 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