Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/bayt-
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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
Possibly a deverbal. Compare Arabic: بَتَّ (batta).
Noun
*bayt- m
Inflection
Declension of *bayt-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *baytum | *baytāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *baytim | *baytayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *baytam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *baytī / *baytVya | — | *baytVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *baytVka | *baytVkumā / *baytVkumay | *baytVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *baytVki | *baytVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *baytVšu | *baytVšumā / *baytVšumay | *baytVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *baytVša | *baytVšin(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: *baytuya for nom. case, *baytiya for gen. case, *baytaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *bayt-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *bayt-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒂍 (bītum)
- West Semitic:
References
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN