Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔatān-
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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
*ʔatān- f
Inflection
Declension of *ʔatān-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔatānum | *ʔatānāna | *ʔatānātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔatānim | *ʔatānayna | *ʔatānātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔatānam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔatānī / *ʔatānVya | — | *ʔatānVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔatānVka | *ʔatānVkumā / *ʔatānVkumay | *ʔatānVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔatānVki | *ʔatānVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔatānVšu | *ʔatānVšumā / *ʔatānVšumay | *ʔatānVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔatānVša | *ʔatānVšin(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: *ʔatānuya for nom. case, *ʔatāniya for gen. case, *ʔatānaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔatān-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔatān-
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See also
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊩𒀲 (atānum)
- West Semitic:
References
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN