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

Etymology

Cognate with Egyptian sj.

Pronoun

*šiʔa f

1. she (feminine third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

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		*ʔantum(ū)	*ʔantin(ā)	*šum(ū)	*šin(ā)
Oblique	Singular	— (enclitics used instead)			*šuʔātī	*šiʔātī
	Dual				*šumātī / *šumāytī
	Plural				*šumūtī	*šinātī

Descendants

• 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

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