Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥabl-
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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
*ḥabl- m
Inflection
Declension of *ḥabl-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḥablum | *ḥablāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḥablim | *ḥablayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḥablam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḥablī / *ḥablVya | — | *ḥablVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḥablVka | *ḥablVkumā / *ḥablVkumay | *ḥablVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḥablVki | *ḥablVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḥablVšu | *ḥablVšumā / *ḥablVšumay | *ḥablVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḥablVša | *ḥablVšin(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: *ḥabluya for nom. case, *ḥabliya for gen. case, *ḥablaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḥabl-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḥabl-
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Descendants
- East Semitic
- Akkadian: 𒂠 (eblu)
- West Semitic
- Central Semitic
- Ethiopian Semitic
- Modern South Arabian
- Soqotri: ḥábehol
References
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 17
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 223
- Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 159
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 107–108
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 15