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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/matḳ-

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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

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Etymology

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See *mataḳ- (to be sweet).

Noun

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*matḳ- m or f

  1. sweetness
  2. something sweet

Inflection

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Masculine:

Feminine:

Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑 (mutqûm, sweet bread)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:

Adjective

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*matḳ-[2]

  1. sweet

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Northwest Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Modern South Arabian:

References

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  1. ^ Rabin, Chaim (1963) “Hittite Words in Hebrew”, in Orientalia, volume 32, number 2, →DOI, page 130
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 82:Proto-Semitic *mVtk- ‘sweet’