Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mušy-
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Proto-Semitic
[edit]Noun
[edit]*mušy- m or *mušyat- f
Inflection
[edit]Masculine:
Declension of *mušy-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *mušyum | *mušyāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *mušyim | *mušyayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *mušyam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *mušyī / *mušyVya | — | *mušyVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *mušyVka | *mušyVkumā / *mušyVkumay | *mušyVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *mušyVki | *mušyVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *mušyVšu | *mušyVšumā / *mušyVšumay | *mušyVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *mušyVša | *mušyVšin(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: *mušyuya for nom. case, *mušyiya for gen. case, *mušyaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *mušy-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *mušy-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- North Ethiopian Semitic:
- South Ethiopian Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian
- Soqotri: imšin (“evening”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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 196