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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔakal-

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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

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Verb

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*ʔakal-

  1. to eat

Conjugation

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Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/ʔakal- (paʕala)
verbal noun *ʔakl-
active participle *ʔākil-
passive participle *ʔakīl-, *ʔakūl-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *ʔakalku *ʔakalka *ʔakala *ʔakalkayā *ʔakalkā *ʔakalā *ʔakalna *ʔakalkanu *ʔakalū
f *ʔakalki *ʔakalat *ʔakalatā *ʔakalkina *ʔakalā
imperfect m *ʔākul *taʔkul *yiʔkul *taʔkulā *yaʔkulā *niʔkul *taʔkulū *yiʔkulū
f *taʔkulī *taʔkul *taʔkulā *taʔkulā *yiʔkulā
imperative m *ʔakul *ʔakulā *ʔakulū
f *ʔakulī *ʔakulā

Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅥 (akālum)
  • West Semitic:

Noun

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*ʔakal- m

  1. food

Declension

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Declension of *ʔakal-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔakalum *ʔakalāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ʔakalam *ʔakalayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ʔakalim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔakalī / *ʔakalVya *ʔakalVni
2nd person m *ʔakalVka *ʔakalVkumā / *ʔakalVkumay *ʔakalVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔakalVki *ʔakalVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔakalVšu *ʔakalVšumā / *ʔakalVšumay *ʔakalVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔakalVša *ʔakalVšin(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: *ʔakaluya for nom. case, *ʔakaliya for gen. case, *ʔakalaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

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