Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯ̣urr-

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

Noun

*ṯ̣urr- m

1. flint

Inflection

Declension of *ṯ̣urr-

case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ṯ̣urrum	*ṯ̣urrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
accusative	*ṯ̣urram	*ṯ̣urrayna	plural stem + *-īna
genitive	*ṯ̣urrim
possessive forms
1st person	*ṯ̣urrī / *ṯ̣urrVya	—	*ṯ̣urrVni
2nd person m	*ṯ̣urrVka	*ṯ̣urrVkumā / *ṯ̣urrVkumay	*ṯ̣urrVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*ṯ̣urrVki		*ṯ̣urrVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*ṯ̣urrVšu	*ṯ̣urrVšumā / *ṯ̣urrVšumay	*ṯ̣urrVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*ṯ̣urrVša		*ṯ̣urrVšin(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: *ṯ̣urruya for nom. case, *ṯ̣urriya for gen. case, *ṯ̣urraya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒎎𒅗 (ṣurrum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: ظُرَر (ẓurar), ظِرّ (ẓirr)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Classical Syriac: ܛܲܪܵܢܵܐ (ṭarrānā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: צֹר (tsor, ṣōr)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Phonetics and Phonology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 95
• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 190