Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/biʔr-
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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
*biʔr- m
- a well
Inflection
Declension of *biʔr-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *biʔrum | *biʔrāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *biʔrim | *biʔrayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *biʔram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *biʔrī / *biʔrVya | — | *biʔrVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *biʔrVka | *biʔrVkumā / *biʔrVkumay | *biʔrVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *biʔrVki | *biʔrVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *biʔrVšu | *biʔrVšumā / *biʔrVšumay | *biʔrVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *biʔrVša | *biʔrVšin(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: *biʔruya for nom. case, *biʔriya for gen. case, *biʔraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *biʔr-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *biʔr-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁍𒌨𒋾 (bīrtum)
- West Semitic:
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 192