Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḏikar-
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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
*ḏikar- m
Reconstruction notes
Kogan (2011) reconstructs *ḏakar- instead.
Inflection
Declension of *ḏikar-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḏikarum | *ḏikarāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḏikarim | *ḏikarayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḏikaram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḏikarī / *ḏikarVya | — | *ḏikarVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḏikarVka | *ḏikarVkumā / *ḏikarVkumay | *ḏikarVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḏikarVki | *ḏikarVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḏikarVšu | *ḏikarVšumā / *ḏikarVšumay | *ḏikarVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḏikarVša | *ḏikarVšin(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: *ḏikaruya for nom. case, *ḏikariya for gen. case, *ḏikaraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḏikar-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḏikar-
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See also
- *ḏakar- (“remember”)
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Sabaean: 𐩹𐩫𐩧 (ḏkr): (
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- Sabaean: 𐩹𐩫𐩧 (ḏkr): (
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 234
- Schwally, Friedrich (1891) “Miscellen”, in Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (in German), volume 11, pages 178–179