Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baraḳ-
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *bǐrk’-/*bǎrk’- (“to flash”). Cognate with Egyptian brg / brk (“to give out light”) and Proto-Cushitic *bark’-/*birk’- (“spark, flash”).
Noun
*baraḳ- m
Inflection
Declension of *baraḳ-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baraḳum | *baraḳāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baraḳim | *baraḳayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baraḳam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baraḳī / *baraḳVya | — | *baraḳVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baraḳVka | *baraḳVkumā / *baraḳVkumay | *baraḳVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baraḳVki | *baraḳVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baraḳVšu | *baraḳVšumā / *baraḳVšumay | *baraḳVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baraḳVša | *baraḳVšin(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: *baraḳuya for nom. case, *baraḳiya for gen. case, *baraḳaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *baraḳ-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *baraḳ-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒉏𒄈 (birqum)
- West Semitic:
- → Coptic: ⲉⲃⲣⲏϭⲉ (ebrēce) (Sahidic)
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN