Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baṯan-
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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
*baṯan- m
Inflection
Declension of *baṯan-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baṯanum | *baṯanāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baṯanim | *baṯanayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baṯanam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baṯanī / *baṯanVya | — | *baṯanVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baṯanVka | *baṯanVkumā / *baṯanVkumay | *baṯanVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baṯanVki | *baṯanVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baṯanVšu | *baṯanVšumā / *baṯanVšumay | *baṯanVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baṯanVša | *baṯanVšin(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: *baṯanuya for nom. case, *baṯaniya for gen. case, *baṯanaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *baṯan-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *baṯan-
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Descendants
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- West Semitic:
References
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) “*baṯan-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 89–91 Nr. 63
- ^ Wiggermann, Frans A. M. (1992) Mesopotamian Protective Spirits (Cuneiform Monographs; 1), Groningen: STYX Publications / Brill, →ISBN, page 166
- ^ “ptn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ^ Löw, Immanuel (1909) Aramäische Schlangennamen (in German), Szegedin, page 16
- ^ In the accusative, a hapax legomenon in a fragment of the Κέστοι (Késtoi) ascribed to Sextus Julius Africanus, where it is called Syrian, and which is also seen in Löw, Immanuel (1909) Aramäische Schlangennamen (in German), Szegedin, page 11
- ^ Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 97