Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥamīṣ́-

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

Passive participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”).

Adjective

*ḥamīṣ́-

1. sour, acid to the taste sense

Inflection

Declension of *ḥamīṣ́-

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	m	f	m	f	m	f
Nominative	*ḥamīṣ́um	*ḥamīṣ́atum	*ḥamīṣ́āna	*ḥamīṣ́atāna	*ḥamīṣ́ūna	*ḥamīṣ́ātum
Genitive	*ḥamīṣ́im	*ḥamīṣ́atim	*ḥamīṣ́ayna	*ḥamīṣ́atayna	*ḥamīṣ́īna	*ḥamīṣ́ātim
Accusative	*ḥamīṣ́am	*ḥamīṣ́atam

Related terms

• *ḥāmiṣ́- (“sour”)
• *ḥamṣ́- (“sour”)
• *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”)
• *ḥammiṣ́- (“to make sour, to acidify”)

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: emēṣu (“to be sour”, stative)
• West Semitic:
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic:
      • Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: חֲמִיע (ḥămīʿ)
      • Jewish Literary Aramaic: חֲמִיע
      • Classical Syriac: ܚܰܡܻܝܥܳܐ (ḥammīʿā)
    • Hebrew: חָמֵץ (khaméts, ḥāmēṣ), sense “sour” continued by חָמוּץ (khamúts, ḥāmûṣ)