Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baʕl-
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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
*baʕl- m
Inflection
Declension of *baʕl-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baʕlum | *baʕlāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baʕlim | *baʕlayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baʕlam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baʕlī / *baʕlVya | — | *baʕlVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baʕlVka | *baʕlVkumā / *baʕlVkumay | *baʕlVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baʕlVki | *baʕlVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baʕlVšu | *baʕlVšumā / *baʕlVšumay | *baʕlVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baʕlVša | *baʕlVšin(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: *baʕluya for nom. case, *baʕliya for gen. case, *baʕlaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *baʕl-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *baʕl-
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Derived terms
- *baʕlat- (“mistress, lady”)
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
References
- ^ “Ashurbanipal 006”, in Oracc: The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, (Can we date this quote?), Ashurbanipal 6: ii 26': “𒁹𒁀𒀪𒇻𒈗𒆳𒀫𒊑”
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- Kogan, Leonid (2019) “Additions and Corrections to Wolf Leslau's Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (1987–2017)”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 139, number 4, , page 895 to 84
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN