Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔak-
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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
Etymology
Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⴹⵉⴹ (agḍiḍ, “bird”).
Noun
*ʔak- m or f
Inflection
Declension of *ʔak-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔakum | *ʔakāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔakim | *ʔakayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔakam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔakī / *ʔakVya | — | *ʔakVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔakVka | *ʔakVkumā / *ʔakVkumay | *ʔakVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔakVki | *ʔakVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔakVšu | *ʔakVšumā / *ʔakVšumay | *ʔakVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔakVša | *ʔakVšin(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: *ʔakuya for nom. case, *ʔakiya for gen. case, *ʔakaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔak-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔak-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀝𒆪𒌑 (akkû, “owl”)
- West Semitic: