Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔimm-

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔam, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Cognate with Egyptian mwt and Proto-Berber *ʔamm (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⴰ (mma)).

Noun

*ʔimm- f (plural *ʔimmahāt-)

  1. mother

Inflection

Declension of *ʔimm-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔimmum *ʔimmāna *ʔimmahātum
accusative *ʔimmam *ʔimmayna *ʔimmahātim
genitive *ʔimmim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔimmī / *ʔimmVya *ʔimmVni
2nd person m *ʔimmVka *ʔimmVkumā / *ʔimmVkumay *ʔimmVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔimmVki *ʔimmVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔimmVšu *ʔimmVšumā / *ʔimmVšumay *ʔimmVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔimmVša *ʔimmVšin(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: *ʔimmuya for nom. case, *ʔimmiya for gen. case, *ʔimmaya for acc. case, etc.

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Descendants

References

  • 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