Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mVdr-
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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
*mVdr- m
- clod (of the earth, clay, bread etc.)
Inflection
Declension of *mVdr-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *mVdrum | *mVdrāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *mVdrim | *mVdrayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *mVdram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *mVdrī / *mVdrVya | — | *mVdrVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *mVdrVka | *mVdrVkumā / *mVdrVkumay | *mVdrVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *mVdrVki | *mVdrVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *mVdrVšu | *mVdrVšumā / *mVdrVšumay | *mVdrVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *mVdrVša | *mVdrVšin(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: *mVdruya for nom. case, *mVdriya for gen. case, *mVdraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *mVdr-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *mVdr-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒃻 (midrum, “lump of bread”)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 189, who apparently does not understand the Akkadian witnesses, saying “attestation of this root in Akkadian is uncertain”.