Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šabṭ-

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

Alternative forms

• *šibṭ-

Noun

*šabṭ- m

1. stick, rod, staff

Inflection

Declension of *šabṭ-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šabṭum	*šabṭāna	plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive	*šabṭim	*šabṭayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*šabṭam
possessive forms
1st person	*šabṭī / *šabṭVya	—	*šabṭVni
2nd person m	*šabṭVka	*šabṭVkumā / *šabṭVkumay	*šabṭVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*šabṭVki		*šabṭVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*šabṭVšu	*šabṭVšumā / *šabṭVšumay	*šabṭVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*šabṭVša		*šabṭVšin(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: *šabṭuya for nom. case, *šabṭiya for gen. case, *šabṭaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šabṭ- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *šabṭuka *šabṭāka plural stem + *-ūka Genitive *šabṭika *šabṭayka plural stem + *-īka Accusative *šabṭaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šabṭ- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *šabṭuki *šabṭāki plural stem + *-ūki Genitive *šabṭiki *šabṭayki plural stem + *-īki Accusative *šabṭaki

Related terms

• *šabaṭ- (“to beat; to sweep”)

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉺𒅁𒁉𒂅 (šabbiṭum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: سِبْط (sibṭ)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: שִׁבְטָא (šiḇṭā) / ܫܰܒܛܳܐ (šaḇṭā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: שֵׁבֶט (shévet, šḗḇeṭ)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ስብጥ (səbṭ)