Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabn-
Proto-Semitic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Afroasiatic *ʾabun-.
Noun
edit*ʔabn- m
Inflection
editDeclension of *ʔabn-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *ʔabnum | *ʔabnāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *ʔabnim | *ʔabnayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *ʔabnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *ʔabnī / *ʔabnVya | — | *ʔabnVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *ʔabnVka | *ʔabnVkumā / *ʔabnVkumay | *ʔabnVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *ʔabnVki | *ʔabnVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *ʔabnVšu | *ʔabnVšumā / *ʔabnVšumay | *ʔabnVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *ʔabnVša | *ʔabnVšin(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: *ʔabnuya for nom. case, *ʔabniya for gen. case, *ʔabnaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔabn-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔabn-
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Descendants
edit- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒎎 (abnum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian:
- Soqotri: أأبن (óʔobən)
References
edit- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 190
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
- Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 3