Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kabkab-

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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

*kabkab- m

  1. star

Inflection

Declension of *kabkab-
case singular dual plural
nominative *kabkabum *kabkabāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *kabkabam *kabkabayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *kabkabim
possessive forms
1st person *kabkabī / *kabkabVya *kabkabVni
2nd person m *kabkabVka *kabkabVkumā / *kabkabVkumay *kabkabVkum(ū)
2nd person f *kabkabVki *kabkabVkin(ā)
3rd person m *kabkabVšu *kabkabVšumā / *kabkabVšumay *kabkabVšum(ū)
3rd person f *kabkabVša *kabkabVšin(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: *kabkabuya for nom. case, *kabkabiya for gen. case, *kabkabaya for acc. case, etc.

Reconstruction notes

Like *ḳarḳar- (ground, floor), originally from a disyllabic root. In many reflexes a dissimilation *b-b > *w-b occurred.

Descendants