Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/dam-
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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]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- (“blood”).
Noun
[edit]*dam- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *dam-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *damum | *damāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *damim | *damayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *damam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *damī / *damVya | — | *damVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *damVka | *damVkumā / *damVkumay | *damVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *damVki | *damVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *damVšu | *damVšumā / *damVšumay | *damVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *damVša | *damVšin(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: *damuya for nom. case, *damiya for gen. case, *damaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *dam-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *dam-
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