Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥāmiṣ́-

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

Etymology

Active participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”).

Adjective

*ḥāmiṣ́-

1. sour, acid to the taste sense

Inflection

Declension of *ḥāmiṣ́-

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	m	f	m	f	m	f
Nominative	*ḥāmiṣ́um	*ḥāmiṣ́atum	*ḥāmiṣ́āna	*ḥāmiṣ́atāna	*ḥāmiṣ́ūna	*ḥāmiṣ́ātum
Genitive	*ḥāmiṣ́im	*ḥāmiṣ́atim	*ḥāmiṣ́ayna	*ḥāmiṣ́atayna	*ḥāmiṣ́īna	*ḥāmiṣ́ātim
Accusative	*ḥāmiṣ́am	*ḥāmiṣ́atam

Related terms

• *ḥamīṣ́- (“sour”)
• *ḥamṣ́- (“sour”)
• *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”)
• *ḥammiṣ́- (“to make sour, to acidify”)

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Eblaite: [script needed] (NINDA.AD₆ /⁠ʔà-mi-zum, ʔà-me-zum⁠/)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: حَامِض (ḥāmiḍ)
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic:
      • Jewish Literary Aramaic: חוּמְעָא (ḥūməʿā, “vinegar”)
    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: חֹמֶץ (khómets, ḥṓmeṣ, “vinegar”)