Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/zamar-

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

*zamar-

1. to make music

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/zamar- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*zamr-
active participle					*zāmir-
passive participle					*zamīr-, *zamūr-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*zamarku	*zamarka	*zamara		*zamarkayā	*zamarkā	*zamarā		*zamarna	*zamarkanu	*zamarū
	f		*zamarki	*zamarat				*zamaratā			*zamarkina	*zamarā
imperfect	m	*ʔazmur	*tazmur	*yizmur		*tazmurā	*yazmurā	*nizmur		*tazmurū	*yizmurū
	f		*tazmurī	*tazmur			*tazmurā			*tazmurā	*yizmurā
imperative	m		*zamur			*zamurā				*zamurū
	f		*zamurī							*zamurā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒍝𒈠𒊒𒌝 (zamārum, “to sing”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: زَمَرَ (zamara)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: זְמַר (zəmar)
        • Classical Syriac: ܙܡܰܪ (zəmar)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: זִמֵּר (zimér, zimmēr)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎇𐎎𐎗 (zmr /⁠zamara⁠/, “to sing”)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ዘመረ (zämärä, “to sing”)
    • Amharic: መዘመረ (mäzämärä, “to sing”), መዘሙረ (mäzämurä, “religious song”)
    • Tigrinya: ዘመረ (zämärä)

References

• Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots (2011). John Huehnergard.