Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šidṯ-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Proto-Berber *săḍis (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⴹⵉⵙ (sḍis)), Egyptian sjsw and Hausa shidà.

Possibly related with Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, but most likely not.

Numeral

**Proto-Semitic numbers ^(edit)**
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: *šidṯ-

*šidṯ-

six

Usage notes

This number exhibited chiastic concord (gender polarity), in which masculine forms were used to agree with feminine nouns, and feminine forms with masculine nouns.

Inflection

Declension of *šidṯ-
Case	m	f
Nominative	*šidṯum	*šidṯatum
Accusative	*šidṯam	*šidṯatam
Genitive	*šidṯim	*šidṯatim

Derived terms

*šidṯ-um (nominative absolute)

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒐋 f (šeššum)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: سِتّ f (sitt)
    - Maltese: sitt
  - Dadanitic: 𐪊𐪉 (s¹t)
  - Safaitic: 𐪊𐪉 (s¹t /⁠sett⁠/)
  - Northwest Semitic: *šiṯṯum
    - Aramaic: ܫܶܬ f (šeṯṯ)
      - Classical Syriac: ܫܶܬ f (šeṯ)
      - Turoyo: ܫܶܬ݂ f (šeṯ)
      - Western Neo-Aramaic: ܫܶܬّ݂ f (šeṯṯ)
    - Canaanite: *šeš
      - Biblical Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ f (šēš)
        Israeli Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ f (shésh)
      - Phoenician: 𐤔𐤔 f (šš /⁠šeš⁠/)
        Punic: 𐤔𐤔 (šš), 𐤔𐤀𐤔 (šʾš)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎘 f (ṯṯ /⁠ṯiṯṯu⁠/)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Ge'ez: ስሱ f (səssu)
  - Tigre: ስስ f (səs)

*šidṯ-at-um (nominative absolute with *-at- suffix)

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒐋 m (šedištum)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: سِتَّة m (sitta)
    - Egyptian Arabic: ستة (sitta)
    - Maltese: sitta
    - Moroccan Arabic: ستة (sitta)
    - North Levantine Arabic: ستة (sitte)
    - → Swahili: sita
  - Dadanitic: 𐪊𐪉𐪉 (s¹tt)
  - Northwest Semitic: *šiṯṯatum
    - Aramaic: 𐡔𐡕𐡀 m (štʾ /⁠šitta⁠/)
      - Classical Syriac: ܫܬܴ݁ܐ m (šətta)
      - Turoyo: ܐܷܫܬܳܐ m (ëšto)
      - Western Neo-Aramaic: ܫܶܬّ̤ܰܐ m (šečča)
    - Canaanite: *šiššat
      - Biblical Hebrew: שִׁשָּׁה m (šiššâ)
        Israeli Hebrew: שִׁישָּׁה m (shishá)
      - Phoenician: 𐤔𐤔𐤕 m (ššt /⁠šiššat⁠/)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎘𐎚 m (ṯṯt /⁠ṯiṯṯatu⁠/)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Amharic: ስድስት m (sədst)
  - Ge'ez: ስድስቱ m (sədstu)
  - Tigrinya: ሽድሽተ m (šədšta)

References

Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61