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-

  1. virgin
  2. young woman

Inflection

Declension of *batūl-
case singular dual plural
nominative *batūlum *batūlāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *batūlam *batūlayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *batūlim
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)

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.

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