Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḡurayb-
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Latin corvus and Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, with the same phonetic pattern: velar (+ close or mid-close vowel) + rhotic + bilabial.
Noun
[edit]*ḡurayb- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *ḡurayb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḡuraybum | *ḡuraybāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḡuraybim | *ḡuraybayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḡuraybam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḡuraybī / *ḡuraybVya | — | *ḡuraybVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḡuraybVka | *ḡuraybVkumā / *ḡuraybVkumay | *ḡuraybVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḡuraybVki | *ḡuraybVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḡuraybVšu | *ḡuraybVšumā / *ḡuraybVšumay | *ḡuraybVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḡuraybVša | *ḡuraybVšin(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: *ḡuraybuya for nom. case, *ḡuraybiya for gen. case, *ḡuraybaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḡurayb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḡurayb-
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