Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṣaɣir-

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

Adjective

*ṣaɣīr-

1. small, little
2. young (for a person)

Inflection

Declension of *ṣaɣir-

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	m	f	m	f	m	f
Nominative	*ṣaɣirum	*ṣaɣiratum	*ṣaɣirāna	*ṣaɣiratāna	*ṣaɣirūna	*ṣaɣirātum
Genitive	*ṣaɣirim	*ṣaɣiratim	*ṣaɣirayna	*ṣaɣiratayna	*ṣaɣirīna	*ṣaɣirātim
Accusative	*ṣaɣiram	*ṣaɣiratam

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒌉 (ṣeḫrum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr)
      • Maltese: żgħir
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: זְעוֹרָא (zəʿōrāʾ)
        • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zʿora)
        • Classical Syriac: ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zəʿōrāʾ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: צָעִיר (tza'ír, ṣāʿīr)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎙𐎗 (ṣġr /⁠ṣaġīru⁠/)