Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/bint-
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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 *bin- (“son”) + *-at- (“feminine suffix”), the unstressed vowel of which is lost through syncopation.
Noun
*bint- f (plural *banāt-)
Inflection
Declension of *bint-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *bintum | *bintāna | *banātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *bintim | *bintayna | *banātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *bintam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *bintī / *bintVya | — | *bintVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *bintVka | *bintVkumā / *bintVkumay | *bintVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *bintVki | *bintVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *bintVšu | *bintVšumā / *bintVšumay | *bintVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *bintVša | *bintVšin(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: *bintuya for nom. case, *bintiya for gen. case, *bintaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *bint-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *bint-
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Coordinate terms
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁉𒅔𒌈 (bintum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩨𐩬𐩩 (bnt)
References
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN