Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/śaʕr-

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

Noun

*śaʕr- m

1. hair

Inflection

Declension of *śaʕr-

case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*śaʕrum	*śaʕrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
accusative	*śaʕram	*śaʕrayna	plural stem + *-īna
genitive	*śaʕrim
possessive forms
1st person	*śaʕrī / *śaʕrVya	—	*śaʕrVni
2nd person m	*śaʕrVka	*śaʕrVkumā / *śaʕrVkumay	*śaʕrVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*śaʕrVki		*śaʕrVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*śaʕrVšu	*śaʕrVšumā / *śaʕrVšumay	*śaʕrVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*śaʕrVša		*śaʕrVšin(ā)

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: *śaʕruya for nom. case, *śaʕriya for gen. case, *śaʕraya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒊬𒌈 f (šārtum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: شَعْر m (šaʕr)
      • Gulf Arabic: شعر (šaʕar)
      • Maltese: xagħar
      • Moroccan Arabic: شعر (šʕar), شعرة (šaʕra)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Classical Syriac: ܣܰܥܪܳܐ m (saʿrā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: שֵׂעָר m (se'ár, śēʿār)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎓𐎗𐎚 (šʿrt /⁠šaʿratu⁠/, “wool”)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • >? Amharic: ፀጉር (ṣ́ägur)
    • Ge'ez: ሥዕርት (śəʕərt), ስዕርት (səʕərt), >? ጸጕር (ṣägʷr)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “page 525a, 550b”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 525, 550