Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/batūl-
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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
Probably connected to Arabic (btl, “to cut off, to severe”) and Amharic ባተለ (battälä, “to work alone, without any helper”).
Noun
*batūl-
Inflection
Declension of *batūl-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *batūlum | *batūlāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *batūlim | *batūlayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *batūlam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *batūlī / *batūlVya | — | *batūlVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *batūlVka | *batūlVkumā / *batūlVkumay | *batūlVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *batūlVki | *batūlVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *batūlVšu | *batūlVšumā / *batūlVšumay | *batūlVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *batūlVša | *batūlVšin(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: *batūluya for nom. case, *batūliya for gen. case, *batūlaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *batūl-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *batūl-
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: f (batūlu)
- West Semitic:
- West Semitic:
References
- Fox, Joshua (2003) Semitic Noun Patterns (Harvard Semitic Studies; 52), 1st edition, Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, page 85
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag