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Proto-Semitic
Noun
*ʔurḫ- m or f
road
Inflection
Masculine:
Declension of *ʔurḫ-
Case
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫum
*ʔurḫāna
plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive
*ʔurḫim
*ʔurḫayna
plural stem + *-īna
Accusative
*ʔurḫam
possessive forms
1st person
*ʔurḫī / *ʔurḫVya
—
*ʔurḫVni
2nd person m
*ʔurḫVka
*ʔurḫVkumā / *ʔurḫVkumay
*ʔurḫVkum(ū)
2nd person f
*ʔurḫVki
*ʔurḫVkin(ā)
3rd person m
*ʔurḫVšu
*ʔurḫVšumā / *ʔurḫVšumay
*ʔurḫVšum(ū)
3rd person f
*ʔurḫVša
*ʔurḫVšin(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: *ʔurḫuya for nom. case, *ʔurḫiya for gen. case, *ʔurḫaya for acc. case, etc.
Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔurḫ-
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫuka
*ʔurḫāka
plural stem + *-ūka
Genitive
*ʔurḫika
*ʔurḫayka
plural stem + *-īka
Accusative
*ʔurḫaka
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔurḫ-
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫuki
*ʔurḫāki
plural stem + *-ūki
Genitive
*ʔurḫiki
*ʔurḫayki
plural stem + *-īki
Accusative
*ʔurḫaki
Femenine:
Declension of *ʔurḫ-
Case
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫum
*ʔurḫāna
*ʔurḫātum
Genitive
*ʔurḫim
*ʔurḫayna
*ʔurḫātim
Accusative
*ʔurḫam
possessive forms
1st person
*ʔurḫī / *ʔurḫVya
—
*ʔurḫVni
2nd person m
*ʔurḫVka
*ʔurḫVkumā / *ʔurḫVkumay
*ʔurḫVkum(ū)
2nd person f
*ʔurḫVki
*ʔurḫVkin(ā)
3rd person m
*ʔurḫVšu
*ʔurḫVšumā / *ʔurḫVšumay
*ʔurḫVšum(ū)
3rd person f
*ʔurḫVša
*ʔurḫVšin(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: *ʔurḫuya for nom. case, *ʔurḫiya for gen. case, *ʔurḫaya for acc. case, etc.
Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔurḫ-
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫuka
*ʔurḫāka
*ʔurḫātuka
Genitive
*ʔurḫika
*ʔurḫayka
*ʔurḫātika
Accusative
*ʔurḫaka
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔurḫ-
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
*ʔurḫuki
*ʔurḫāki
*ʔurḫātuki
Genitive
*ʔurḫiki
*ʔurḫayki
*ʔurḫātiki
Accusative
*ʔurḫaki
Descendants
East Semitic:
West Semitic:
Central Semitic:
Northwest Semitic:
Aramaic: אורח ( ʾŏraḥ ) , אורחא ( ʾurḥā )
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܚ ( ʾŏraḥ ) , ܐܘܪܚܐ ( ʾurḥā )
Canaanite:
Hebrew: אֹרַח ( órakh, ʾốraḥ )
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