Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/rigl-
Appearance
Proto-Semitic
[edit]Noun
[edit]*rigl- m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *rigl-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *riglum | *riglāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *riglim | *riglayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *riglam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *riglī / *riglVya | — | *riglVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *riglVka | *riglVkumā / *riglVkumay | *riglVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *riglVki | *riglVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *riglVšu | *riglVšumā / *riglVšumay | *riglVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *riglVša | *riglVšin(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: *rigluya for nom. case, *rigliya for gen. case, *riglaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *rigl-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *rigl-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊑𒅅𒇻 (riglum, “hoof, foot; foodstuff, leg of an animal”)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: رِجْل f (rijl)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Ethiopian Semitic (controversial):
- Central Semitic:
References
[edit]- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 201–202