Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/libb-
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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 *lib- (“heart”). Cognate with Proto-Berber *ulβ (see Central Atlas Tamazight ⵓⵍ (ul) for more) and Egyptian jb.[1]
Noun
*libb- m
Inflection
Declension of *libb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *libbum | *libbāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *libbim | *libbayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *libbam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *libbī / *libbVya | — | *libbVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *libbVka | *libbVkumā / *libbVkumay | *libbVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *libbVki | *libbVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *libbVšu | *libbVšumā / *libbVšumay | *libbVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *libbVša | *libbVšin(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: *libbuya for nom. case, *libbiya for gen. case, *libbaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *libb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *libb-
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