Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕankab(īṯ)-

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Proto-Semitic

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Noun

*ʕankab(īṯ)-

  1. spider

Inflection

Declension of *ʕankab(īṯ)-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʕankab(īṯ)um *ʕankab(īṯ)āna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ʕankab(īṯ)am *ʕankab(īṯ)ayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ʕankab(īṯ)im
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)

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.

Descendants

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag