Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕašt-

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Proto-Semitic

Proto-Semitic numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: *ʕašt-

Numeral

*ʕašt-

  1. one

Usage notes

  • Supplanted in West Semitic by *ʔaḥad- (“lone”).
  • The feminine is formed with the rare feminine suffix *-ay-.

Inflection

    Declension of *ʕašt-
Case m f
Nominative *ʕaštum *ʕaštayum
Accusative *ʕaštam *ʕaštayam
Genitive *ʕaštim *ʕaštayim

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒁹 m (ištēn)
  • West Semitic:
  • → Hurrian: 𐎛𐎘𐎚 (ỉṯt /⁠ašt⁠/), (possibly; potentially related to or otherwise developed from Proto-Hurro-Urartian *šu- (“one, once”) reconstructed from Hurrian 𒉻𒆠 (šuk-ki /⁠šukki⁠/) and Urartian 𒋗𒋛𒉌 (šu-si-ni /⁠šusini⁠/))

References

  • Wilson-Wright, Aren (2014) “The Word for 'One' in Proto-Semitic”, in Journal of Semitic Studies‎, volume 59, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–13.
  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
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