Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šidṯ-

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

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Proto-Berber *săḍis (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⴹⵉⵙ (sḍis)), Egyptian sjsw and Hausa shidà.

Possibly related with Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, but most likely not.

Numeral

Proto-Semitic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *šidṯ-

*šidṯ-

1. six

Usage notes

This number exhibited chiastic concord (gender polarity), in which masculine forms were used to agree with feminine nouns, and feminine forms with masculine nouns.

Inflection

Declension of *šidṯ-

Case	m	f
Nominative	*šidṯum	*šidṯatum
Genitive	*šidṯim	*šidṯatim
Accusative	*šidṯam	*šidṯatam

Derived terms

*šidṯ-um (nominative absolute)

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒐋 f (šeššum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: سِتّ f (sitt)
      • Maltese: sitt
    • Dadanitic: 𐪊𐪉 (s¹t)
    • Safaitic: 𐪊𐪉 (s¹t /⁠sett⁠/)
    • Northwest Semitic: *šiṯṯum
      • Aramaic: ܫܶܬ f (šeṯṯ)
        • Classical Syriac: ܫܶܬ f (šeṯ)
        • Turoyo: ܫܶܬ݂ f (šeṯ)
        • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܫܶܬّ݂ f (šeṯṯ)
      • Canaanite: *šeš
        • Biblical Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ f (šēš)
          • Israeli Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ f (shésh)
        • Phoenician: 𐤔𐤔 f (šš /⁠šeš⁠/)
          • Punic: 𐤔𐤔 (šš), 𐤔𐤀𐤔 (šʾš)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎘 f (ṯṯ /⁠ṯiṯṯu⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ስሱ f (səssu)
    • Tigre: ስስ f (səs)

*šidṯ-at-um (nominative absolute with *-at- suffix)

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒐋 m (šedištum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: سِتَّة m (sitta)
      • Egyptian Arabic: ستة (sitta)
      • Maltese: sitta
      • Moroccan Arabic: ستة (sitta)
      • North Levantine Arabic: ستة (sitte)
      • → Swahili: sita
    • Dadanitic: 𐪊𐪉𐪉 (s¹tt)
    • Northwest Semitic: *šiṯṯatum
      • Aramaic: 𐡔𐡕𐡀 m (štʾ /⁠šitta⁠/)
        • Classical Syriac: ܫܬܴ݁ܐ m (šətta)
        • Turoyo: ܐܷܫܬܳܐ m (ëšto)
        • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܫܶܬّ̤ܰܐ m (šečča)
      • Canaanite: *šiššat
        • Biblical Hebrew: שִׁשָּׁה m (šiššâ)
          • Israeli Hebrew: שִׁישָּׁה m (shishá)
        • Phoenician: 𐤔𐤔𐤕 m (ššt /⁠šiššat⁠/)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎘𐎚 m (ṯṯt /⁠ṯiṯṯatu⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ስድስት m (sədst)
    • Ge'ez: ስድስቱ m (sədstu)
    • Tigrinya: ሽድሽተ m (šədšta)

References

• Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61