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

  1. maid, maidservant

Inflection

Declension of *ʔamat-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔamatum *ʔamatāna *ʔamātum
accusative *ʔamatam *ʔamatayna *ʔamātim
genitive *ʔamatim
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)

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.

Descendants

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, →DOI, pages 129–130