Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/lapt-
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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]Compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps.
Noun
[edit]*lapt- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *lapt-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *laptum | *laptāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *laptim | *laptayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *laptam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *laptī / *laptVya | — | *laptVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *laptVka | *laptVkumā / *laptVkumay | *laptVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *laptVki | *laptVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *laptVšu | *laptVšumā / *laptVšumay | *laptVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *laptVša | *laptVšin(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: *laptuya for nom. case, *laptiya for gen. case, *laptaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *lapt-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *lapt-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒇻𒊬 (laptum, liptum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: لِفْت (lift)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Coptic:
Further reading
[edit]- “lpt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–