Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṭāb-

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

*ṭāb-

1. good, pleasant to the senses

Inflection

Declension of *ṭāb-

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	m	f	m	f	m	f
Nominative	*ṭābum	*ṭābatum	*ṭābāna	*ṭābatāna	*ṭābūna	*ṭābātum
Genitive	*ṭābim	*ṭābatim	*ṭābayna	*ṭābatayna	*ṭābīna	*ṭābātim
Accusative	*ṭābam	*ṭābatam

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒄭 (ṭābum, “pleasant”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • ⇒ Arabic: طَيِّب (ṭayyib, “good, pleasant”) (pursuant to general developments for adjectives of hollow roots to gain the pattern CayyiC)
      • Gulf Arabic: طيب
      • Maltese: tajjeb
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: טָבָָא (ṭābā)
        • Classical Syriac: ܛܳܒܴ݁ܐ (ṭābā, “good”)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: טוֹב (tov, ṭôḇ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎁 (ṭb /⁠ṭābu⁠/, “good”)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • ⇒ Old South Arabian: 𐩷𐩺𐩨 (ṭyb, “sweet-smelling”) (the unknown vocalization raises doubts)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
• Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN