Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanp-

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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

Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin due to the presence of a nasal consonant.

Noun

*ʔanp- m

  1. nose, nostril

Inflection

Declension of *ʔanp-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔanpum *ʔanpāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ʔanpam *ʔanpayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ʔanpim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔanpī / *ʔanpVya *ʔanpVni
2nd person m *ʔanpVka *ʔanpVkumā / *ʔanpVkumay *ʔanpVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔanpVki *ʔanpVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔanpVšu *ʔanpVšumā / *ʔanpVšumay *ʔanpVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔanpVša *ʔanpVšin(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: *ʔanpuya for nom. case, *ʔanpiya for gen. case, *ʔanpaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10–11 No. 8