Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kabkab-
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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
editNoun
edit*kabkab- m
Inflection
editDeclension of *kabkab-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *kabkabum | *kabkabāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *kabkabim | *kabkabayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *kabkabam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *kabkabī / *kabkabVya | — | *kabkabVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *kabkabVka | *kabkabVkumā / *kabkabVkumay | *kabkabVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *kabkabVki | *kabkabVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *kabkabVšu | *kabkabVšumā / *kabkabVšumay | *kabkabVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *kabkabVša | *kabkabVšin(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: *kabkabuya for nom. case, *kabkabiya for gen. case, *kabkabaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *kabkab-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *kabkab-
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Reconstruction notes
editLike *ḳarḳar- (“ground, floor”), originally from a disyllabic root. In many reflexes a dissimilation *b-b > *w-b occurred.