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-)

  1. daughter

Inflection

Declension of *bint-
case singular dual plural
nominative *bintum *bintāna *banātum
accusative *bintam *bintayna *banātim
genitive *bintim
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)

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.

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References

  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN