Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/napš-
Appearance
Proto-Semitic
[edit]Noun
[edit]*napš- f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *napš-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *napšum | *napšāna | *napšātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *napšim | *napšayna | *napšātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *napšam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *napšī / *napšVya | — | *napšVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *napšVka | *napšVkumā / *napšVkumay | *napšVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *napšVki | *napšVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *napšVšu | *napšVšumā / *napšVšumay | *napšVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *napšVša | *napšVšin(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: *napšuya for nom. case, *napšiya for gen. case, *napšaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *napš-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *napš-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒍣 (napištum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: نَفْس (nafs)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩬𐩰𐩪 (nfs¹)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References
[edit]- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 389