Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔināš-
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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
*ʔināš- m
Reconstruction notes
Kogan considers the first vowel to be indeterminate and reconstructs *ʔVnāš-.
Inflection
Declension of *ʔināš-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔināšum | *ʔināšāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔināšim | *ʔināšayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔināšam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔināšī / *ʔināšVya | — | *ʔināšVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔināšVka | *ʔināšVkumā / *ʔināšVkumay | *ʔināšVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔināšVki | *ʔināšVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔināšVšu | *ʔināšVšumā / *ʔināšVšumay | *ʔināšVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔināšVša | *ʔināšVšin(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: *ʔināšuya for nom. case, *ʔināšiya for gen. case, *ʔināšaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔināš-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔināš-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
See also
- *ʔinš- (“man, person”)
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 232