Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/paʔr-
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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]Noun
[edit]*paʔr- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *paʔr-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *paʔrum | *paʔrāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *paʔrim | *paʔrayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *paʔram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *paʔrī / *paʔrVya | — | *paʔrVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *paʔrVka | *paʔrVkumā / *paʔrVkumay | *paʔrVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *paʔrVki | *paʔrVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *paʔrVšu | *paʔrVšumā / *paʔrVšumay | *paʔrVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *paʔrVša | *paʔrVšin(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: *paʔruya for nom. case, *paʔriya for gen. case, *paʔraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *paʔr-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *paʔr-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒉾𒌉 (pērūrūtum, “mouse”)
- West Semitic:
References
[edit]- Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 63
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 109