Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/tihām-
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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
*tihām- m
Reconstruction notes edit
Multiple descendants appear to reflect a feminine variant *tihāmat-, and it is unclear which gender is original.
Inflection edit
Declension of *tihām-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *tihāmum | *tihāmāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *tihāmim | *tihāmayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *tihāmam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *tihāmī / *tihāmVya | — | *tihāmVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *tihāmVka | *tihāmVkumā / *tihāmVkumay | *tihāmVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *tihāmVki | *tihāmVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *tihāmVšu | *tihāmVšumā / *tihāmVšumay | *tihāmVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *tihāmVša | *tihāmVšin(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: *tihāmuya for nom. case, *tihāmiya for gen. case, *tihāmaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *tihām-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *tihām-
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Derived terms edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea, lake”)
- West Semitic: