Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baṯan-
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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]Noun
[edit]*baṯan- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *baṯan-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baṯanum | *baṯanāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baṯanim | *baṯanayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baṯanam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baṯanī / *baṯanVya | — | *baṯanVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baṯanVka | *baṯanVkumā / *baṯanVkumay | *baṯanVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baṯanVki | *baṯanVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baṯanVšu | *baṯanVšumā / *baṯanVšumay | *baṯanVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baṯanVša | *baṯanVšin(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: *baṯanuya for nom. case, *baṯaniya for gen. case, *baṯanaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *baṯan-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *baṯan-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
References
[edit]- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) “*baṯan-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 89–91 Nr. 63
- ^ Wiggermann, Frans A. M. (1992) Mesopotamian Protective Spirits (Cuneiform Monographs; 1)[1], Groningen: STYX Publications / Brill, →ISBN, page 166
- ^ “ptn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ^ Löw, Immanuel (1909) Aramäische Schlangennamen[2] (in German), Szegedin, page 16
- ^ In the accusative, a hapax legomenon in a fragment of the Κέστοι (Késtoi) ascribed to Sextus Julius Africanus, where it is called Syrian, and which is also seen in Löw, Immanuel (1909) Aramäische Schlangennamen[3] (in German), Szegedin, page 11
- ^ Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 97