Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ramay-

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

Verb

*ramay-

1. to throw, to warp, to cast, to hurl, to shoot

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/ramay- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*ramy-
active participle					*rāmiy-
passive participle					*ramīy-, *ramūy-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*ramayku	*ramayka	*ramaya		*ramaykayā	*ramaykā	*ramayā		*ramayna	*ramaykanu	*ramayū
	f		*ramayki	*ramayat				*ramayatā			*ramaykina	*ramayā
imperfect	m	*ʔarmī	*tarmī	*yirmī			*tarmiyā	*yarmiyā		*nirmī	*tarmī	*yirmiyū
	f		*tarmī	*tarmī				*tarmiyā			*tarmiyā	*yirmiyā
imperative	m		*ramī				*ramiyā				*ramiyū
	f		*ramī								*ramiyā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒊏𒈬𒌋 (/⁠ramûm⁠/)
• West Semitic
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: رَمَى (ramā)
      • Maltese: rema
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רְמָא (rəmā)
        • Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡌࡀ (/⁠rəmā⁠/)
        • Classical Syriac: ܪܡܰܐ (rəmā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: רָמָה (ramá, rāmâ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎎𐎊 (rmy /⁠ramaya⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ረመየ (rämäyä)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 472
• Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “Proto-Semitic/ramay-”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 730