Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/dubb-
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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
editEtymology
editPerhaps related to Egyptian db (“hippopotamus”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴱⴰⴱⴱⵓⵥ (ababbuẓ, “bear”).
Noun
edit*dubb- m
Inflection
editDeclension of *dubb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *dubbum | *dubbāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *dubbim | *dubbayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *dubbam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *dubbī / *dubbVya | — | *dubbVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *dubbVka | *dubbVkumā / *dubbVkumay | *dubbVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *dubbVki | *dubbVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *dubbVšu | *dubbVšumā / *dubbVšumay | *dubbVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *dubbVša | *dubbVšin(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: *dubbuya for nom. case, *dubbiya for gen. case, *dubbaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *dubb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *dubb-
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