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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/tihām-

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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

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Noun

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*tihām- m

  1. sea

Reconstruction notes

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Multiple descendants appear to reflect a feminine variant *tihāmat-, and it is unclear which gender is original.

Inflection

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Declension of *tihām-
case singular dual plural
nominative *tihāmum *tihāmāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *tihāmam *tihāmayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *tihāmim
possessive forms
1st person *tihāmī / *tihāmVya *tihāmVni
2nd person m *tihāmVka *tihāmVkumā / *tihāmVkumay *tihāmVkum(ū)
2nd person f *tihāmVki *tihāmVkin(ā)
3rd person m *tihāmVšu *tihāmVšumā / *tihāmVšumay *tihāmVšum(ū)
3rd person f *tihāmVša *tihāmVšin(ā)

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: *tihāmuya for nom. case, *tihāmiya for gen. case, *tihāmaya for acc. case, etc.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 57
  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 240