Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḏiʔb-
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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
Noun
*ḏiʔb- m (plural *ḏiʔāb-)
Inflection
Declension of *ḏiʔb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḏiʔbum | *ḏiʔbāna | *ḏiʔābūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḏiʔbim | *ḏiʔbayna | *ḏiʔābīna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḏiʔbam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḏiʔbī / *ḏiʔbVya | — | *ḏiʔbVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḏiʔbVka | *ḏiʔbVkumā / *ḏiʔbVkumay | *ḏiʔbVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḏiʔbVki | *ḏiʔbVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḏiʔbVšu | *ḏiʔbVšumā / *ḏiʔbVšumay | *ḏiʔbVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḏiʔbVša | *ḏiʔbVšin(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: *ḏiʔbuya for nom. case, *ḏiʔbiya for gen. case, *ḏiʔbaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḏiʔb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḏiʔb-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒉡𒌝𒈠 (zībum)
- West Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften (in German), volume III, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, pages 212–213
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105–107 Nr. 72