Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šiʔa

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

Cognate with Egyptian sj.

Pronoun edit

*šiʔa f

she (feminine third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also edit

Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person m	2nd person f	3rd person m	3rd person f
Nominative	Singular	*ʔanāku	*ʔanta	*ʔanti	*šuʔa	*šiʔa
	Dual	*niḥnu	antumā / antumay		šumā / šumay
	Plural	*niḥnu	*ʔantum(ū)	*ʔantin(ā)	*šum(ū)	*šin(ā)
Oblique	Singular	— (enclitics used instead)			*šuʔātī	*šiʔātī
	Dual				šumātī / šumāytī
	Plural				*šumūtī	*šinātī

Descendants edit

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅆𒄿 (šī)
Proto-West Semitic: *hiʔā
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: هِيَ (hiya)
    - Chadian Arabic: هي (hī)
    - Egyptian Arabic: هي (híyya)
    - Gulf Arabic: اِهْيَ (ehya)
    - Hijazi Arabic: هِيَّ (hiyya)
    - Maltese: hija, hi
    - Moroccan Arabic: هي (hiyya)
    - Tunisian Arabic: هي (hiyya)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic: הִיא (hī)
      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: איהי (ʾīhī)
      - Classical Syriac: ܗܺܝ (hī)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: הִיא (hi, hîʾ)
      - Phoenician: 𐤄𐤀 (hʾ /⁠hi⁠/)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎊 (hy /⁠hī⁠/)

References edit

Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN