Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/tiʔin-
Appearance
Proto-Semitic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Noun
[edit]*tiʔin- m or f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *tiʔin-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *tiʔinum | *tiʔināna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *tiʔinim | *tiʔinayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *tiʔinam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *tiʔinī / *tiʔinVya | — | *tiʔinVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *tiʔinVka | *tiʔinVkumā / *tiʔinVkumay | *tiʔinVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *tiʔinVki | *tiʔinVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *tiʔinVšu | *tiʔinVšumā / *tiʔinVšumay | *tiʔinVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *tiʔinVša | *tiʔinVšin(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: *tiʔinuya for nom. case, *tiʔiniya for gen. case, *tiʔinaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *tiʔin-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *tiʔin-
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Descendants
[edit]- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒄑𒈠 (tittum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תְּאֵנְתָּא (təʾēntā), תֵּינְתָּא (tēntā)
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: תינה (tēnā), determinate state תינתה (tēntā)
- Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܬܝܢܐ (tēnā)
- Canaanite:
- the fig-tree is not attested in Ugaritic[1]
- Aramaic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References
[edit]- van Putten, Marijn (2017) “The illusory Yemenite connection of Andalusi Arabic”, in Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik[2], volume 66, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, , page 26
- 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 204