Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔiš-

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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

Possibly related to Iraqw asla.

Noun

*ʔiš- f

  1. fire

Inflection

Declension of *ʔiš-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔišum *ʔišāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ʔišam *ʔišayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ʔišim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔišī / *ʔišVya *ʔišVni
2nd person m *ʔišVka *ʔišVkumā / *ʔišVkumay *ʔišVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔišVki *ʔišVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔišVšu *ʔišVšumā / *ʔišVšumay *ʔišVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔišVša *ʔišVšin(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: *ʔišuya for nom. case, *ʔišiya for gen. case, *ʔišaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒉈 (išātum)
  • West Semitic:

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN