Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanp-
Proto-Semitic
editEtymology
editUltimately of onomatopoeic origin due to the presence of a nasal consonant.
Noun
edit*ʔanp- m
Inflection
editDeclension of *ʔanp-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *ʔanpum | *ʔanpāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *ʔanpim | *ʔanpayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *ʔanpam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *ʔanpī / *ʔanpVya | — | *ʔanpVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *ʔanpVka | *ʔanpVkumā / *ʔanpVkumay | *ʔanpVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *ʔanpVki | *ʔanpVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *ʔanpVšu | *ʔanpVšumā / *ʔanpVšumay | *ʔanpVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *ʔanpVša | *ʔanpVšin(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: *ʔanpuya for nom. case, *ʔanpiya for gen. case, *ʔanpaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔanp-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔanp-
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Descendants
edit- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀊𒁍 (appum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: أَنْف (ʔanf)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Biblical Aramaic: אַנְפַּיָּא (ʾanpayyā, “face”)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַפֵּי (ʾappē, “face”)
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אַף m (ʾap̄, “nose”) (emphatic: אַפָּא (ʾappā)), אַפִּין m pl (ʾappīn, “face”) (emphatic: אַפַּיָּא (ʾappayyā))
- Classical Syriac: ܐܰܦܷ݁ܐ (ʾappē)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: אַף (af, ʾap̄)
- Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔 (ảp /ʾappu/)
- Aramaic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References
edit- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10–11 No. 8