Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/bin-

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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 *bîn-/*bân- (to beget).

Noun

*bin- m (plural *ban-)

  1. son

Reconstruction notes

Testen reconstructs *bn-, with an initial consonant cluster, which accounts for the r forms in Aramaic and Modern South Arabian.

Inflection

Declension of *bin-
case singular dual plural
nominative *binum *bināna *banūna
accusative *binam *binayna *banīna
genitive *binim
possessive forms
1st person *binī / *binVya *binVni
2nd person m *binVka *binVkumā / *binVkumay *binVkum(ū)
2nd person f *binVki *binVkin(ā)
3rd person m *binVšu *binVšumā / *binVšumay *binVšum(ū)
3rd person f *binVša *binVšin(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: *binuya for nom. case, *biniya for gen. case, *binaya for acc. case, etc.

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Descendants

References

  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
  • Testen, David (1985) "The Significance of Aramaic r < *n" Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 143-146.