Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔamat-
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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
A baby’s word for its maid.
Noun
*ʔamat- f
Inflection
Declension of *ʔamat-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔamatum | *ʔamatāna | *ʔamātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔamatim | *ʔamatayna | *ʔamātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔamatam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔamatī / *ʔamatVya | — | *ʔamatVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔamatVka | *ʔamatVkumā / *ʔamatVkumay | *ʔamatVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔamatVki | *ʔamatVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔamatVšu | *ʔamatVšumā / *ʔamatVšumay | *ʔamatVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔamatVša | *ʔamatVšin(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: *ʔamatuya for nom. case, *ʔamatiya for gen. case, *ʔamataya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔamat-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔamat-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊩𒆳 (amtum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: أَمَة (ʔama)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References
- Goetze, Albrecht (1947) “Short or Long a? (Notes on Some Akkadian Words)”, in Orientalia, volume 16, number 2, page 240
- 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 237
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 129–130