Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕankab(īṯ)-
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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
Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic.
Noun
*ʕankab(īṯ)-
Inflection
Declension of *ʕankab(īṯ)-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʕankab(īṯ)um | *ʕankab(īṯ)āna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʕankab(īṯ)im | *ʕankab(īṯ)ayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʕankab(īṯ)am | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʕankab(īṯ)ī / *ʕankab(īṯ)Vya | — | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vka | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vkumā / *ʕankab(īṯ)Vkumay | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vki | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʕankab(īṯ)Všu | *ʕankab(īṯ)Všumā / *ʕankab(īṯ)Všumay | *ʕankab(īṯ)Všum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʕankab(īṯ)Vša | *ʕankab(īṯ)Všin(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: *ʕankab(īṯ)uya for nom. case, *ʕankab(īṯ)iya for gen. case, *ʕankab(īṯ)aya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʕankab(īṯ)-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʕankab(īṯ)-
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Descendants
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt), عَنْكَب (ʕankab), عَنْكَبَة (ʕankaba), عَنْكَبَاة (ʕankabāh), عُكَّاش (ʕukkāš) — uncertain
- Maltese: għanqbut
- → Middle Armenian: անքապութի (ankʻaputʻi), յանկապութիա (yankaputʻia, “retina”)
- → Ottoman Turkish: عنكبوت
- Turkish: ankebut
- Arabic: عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt), عَنْكَب (ʕankab), عَنْكَبَة (ʕankaba), عَنْكَبَاة (ʕankabāh), عُكَّاش (ʕukkāš) — uncertain
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: עַכָּבִיתָא (ʿakkāḇīṯā)
- Caananite:
- Hebrew: עַכָּבִישׁ (akavísh)
- Central Semitic:
References
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag