Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṣ́abuʕ-

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Proto-Semitic

Noun

*ṣ́abuʕ- m

  1. hyena

Inflection

Declension of *ṣ́abuʕ-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ṣ́abuʕum *ṣ́abuʕāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ṣ́abuʕam *ṣ́abuʕayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ṣ́abuʕim
possessive forms
1st person *ṣ́abuʕī / *ṣ́abuʕVya — *ṣ́abuʕVni
2nd person m *ṣ́abuʕVka *ṣ́abuʕVkumā / *ṣ́abuʕVkumay *ṣ́abuʕVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ṣ́abuʕVki *ṣ́abuʕVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ṣ́abuʕVšu *ṣ́abuʕVšumā / *ṣ́abuʕVšumay *ṣ́abuʕVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ṣ́abuʕVša *ṣ́abuʕVšin(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: *ṣ́abuʕuya for nom. case, *ṣ́abuʕiya for gen. case, *ṣ́abuʕaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • ⇒ Akkadian: 𒁍𒍮 (būṣum) (with metathesis)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: ضَبُع (ḍabuʕ)
        • Hijazi Arabic: ضبع (ḍabʕ)
        • Moroccan Arabic: ضبع (ḍbaʕ)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          • ⇒ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܦܥܳܐ (ʾap̄ʿā) (with some corruptions)
        • Canaanite:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • ⇒ Ge'ez: ፅዕብ (ṣ́əʿb) (with metathesis)
    • Modern South Arabian:

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 147
  • Riede, Peter (2002) Im Spiegel der Tiere. Studien zum Verhältnis von Mensch und Tier im alten Israel. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis; 187) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 172–173
  • 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 208
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