Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šim-
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”). Compare with Hausa suna and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵙⵎ (ism), if not borrowed from Arabic.
Noun edit
*šim- m
Inflection edit
Declension of *šim-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *šimum | *šimāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *šimim | *šimayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *šimam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *šimī / *šimVya | — | *šimVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *šimVka | *šimVkumā / *šimVkumay | *šimVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *šimVki | *šimVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *šimVšu | *šimVšumā / *šimVšumay | *šimVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *šimVša | *šimVšin(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: *šimuya for nom. case, *šimiya for gen. case, *šimaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šim-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šim-
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Descendants edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒈬 (šumum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian: