Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔarṣ́-
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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
*ʔarṣ́- f
Inflection
Declension of *ʔarṣ́-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔarṣ́um | *ʔarṣ́āna | *ʔarṣ́ātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔarṣ́im | *ʔarṣ́ayna | *ʔarṣ́ātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔarṣ́am | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔarṣ́ī / *ʔarṣ́Vya | — | *ʔarṣ́Vni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔarṣ́Vka | *ʔarṣ́Vkumā / *ʔarṣ́Vkumay | *ʔarṣ́Vkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔarṣ́Vki | *ʔarṣ́Vkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔarṣ́Všu | *ʔarṣ́Všumā / *ʔarṣ́Všumay | *ʔarṣ́Všum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔarṣ́Vša | *ʔarṣ́Všin(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: *ʔarṣ́uya for nom. case, *ʔarṣ́iya for gen. case, *ʔarṣ́aya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔarṣ́-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔarṣ́-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒆠 (erṣetum)
- West Semitic:
- ⇒? Egyptian: rṯnw (possibly)
References
- 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 189
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN