Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḏaḳan-
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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
Noun
*ḏaḳan-
Inflection
Declension of *ḏaḳan-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḏaḳanum | *ḏaḳanāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḏaḳanim | *ḏaḳanayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḏaḳanam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḏaḳanī / *ḏaḳanVya | — | *ḏaḳanVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḏaḳanVka | *ḏaḳanVkumā / *ḏaḳanVkumay | *ḏaḳanVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḏaḳanVki | *ḏaḳanVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḏaḳanVšu | *ḏaḳanVšumā / *ḏaḳanVšumay | *ḏaḳanVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḏaḳanVša | *ḏaḳanVšin(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: *ḏaḳanuya for nom. case, *ḏaḳaniya for gen. case, *ḏaḳanaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḏaḳan-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḏaḳan-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
Further reading
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) “ḏiḳan- ~ *ʒi/aḳan-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 59–60 Nr. 63