Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šamaʕ-
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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
editEtymology
editPossibly related to Egyptian sḏm (“to hear”), smt (“to hear, examine”), as well as Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵥⵥⵓⵖ (amẓẓuɣ).
Verb
edit*šamaʕ-
Conjugation
editConjugation of Proto-Semitic/šamaʕ- (paʕala)
| verbal noun | *šamʕ- | ||||||||||||
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| active participle | *šāmiʕ- | ||||||||||||
| passive participle | *šamīʕ-, *šamūʕ- | ||||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||||
| perfect | m | *šamaʕku | *šamaʕka | *šamaʕa | *šamaʕkayā | *šamaʕkā | *šamaʕā | *šamaʕna | *šamaʕkanu | *šamaʕū | |||
| f | *šamaʕki | *šamaʕat | *šamaʕatā | *šamaʕkina | *šamaʕā | ||||||||
| imperfect | m | *ʔašmaʕ | *tašmaʕ | *yišmaʕ | *tašmaʕā | *yašmaʕā | *nišmaʕ | *tašmaʕū | *yišmaʕū | ||||
| f | *tašmaʕī | *tašmaʕ | *tašmaʕā | *tašmaʕā | *yišmaʕā | ||||||||
| imperative | m | *šamaʕ | *šamaʕā | *šamaʕū | |||||||||
| f | *šamaʕī | *šamaʕā | |||||||||||
Descendants
edit- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒄑𒌇 (šemûm)
- West Semitic
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic: