Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kapp-
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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
*kapp- f
Usage notes
It is probable that there was a distinction between *kapp- and *raḥat-: if it was that one denotes the inner side of the hand with the fingers and thumb and the other without it is difficult to decide which is which. Likely it was that *kapp- tendentially meant the cupped inner of the hand while *raḥat- meant the flat hand: this picture reflects in the tool names or technical meanings secondarily derived from the words.
Inflection
Declension of *kapp-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *kappum | *kappāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *kappim | *kappayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *kappam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *kappī / *kappVya | — | *kappVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *kappVka | *kappVkumā / *kappVkumay | *kappVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *kappVki | *kappVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *kappVšu | *kappVšumā / *kappVšumay | *kappVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *kappVša | *kappVšin(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: *kappuya for nom. case, *kappiya for gen. case, *kappaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *kapp-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *kapp-
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