Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šamn-

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

Etymology

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵎⵙ (ims).

Noun

*šamn- m

1. fat (foodstuff)

Inflection

Declension of *šamn-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šamnum	*šamnāna	plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive	*šamnim	*šamnayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*šamnam
possessive forms
1st person	*šamnī / *šamnVya	—	*šamnVni
2nd person m	*šamnVka	*šamnVkumā / *šamnVkumay	*šamnVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*šamnVki		*šamnVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*šamnVšu	*šamnVšumā / *šamnVšumay	*šamnVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*šamnVša		*šamnVšin(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: *šamnuya for nom. case, *šamniya for gen. case, *šamnaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šamn- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *šamnuka *šamnāka plural stem + *-ūka Genitive *šamnika *šamnayka plural stem + *-īka Accusative *šamnaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šamn- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *šamnuki *šamnāki plural stem + *-ūki Genitive *šamniki *šamnayki plural stem + *-īki Accusative *šamnaki

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉌𒄑 (šamnum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: سَمْن (samn)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: שומן (šuman), שומנא (šumnā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: שֶׁמֶן (shémen, šémen)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎐 (šmn /⁠šamnu⁠/)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN