Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔarḫ-
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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
Noun
*ʔarḫ- f
Inflection
Declension of *ʔarḫ-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔarḫum | *ʔarḫāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔarḫim | *ʔarḫayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔarḫam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔarḫī / *ʔarḫVya | — | *ʔarḫVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔarḫVka | *ʔarḫVkumā / *ʔarḫVkumay | *ʔarḫVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔarḫVki | *ʔarḫVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔarḫVšu | *ʔarḫVšumā / *ʔarḫVšumay | *ʔarḫVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔarḫVša | *ʔarḫVšin(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: *ʔarḫuya for nom. case, *ʔarḫiya for gen. case, *ʔarḫaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔarḫ-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔarḫ-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀖 (arḫum)
- West Semitic:
References
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) “*ˀarḫ-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 16–17, Nr. 12