Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mut-
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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. Cognate with Hausa mùtûm and possibly Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵎⵟⵟⵓⵜⵜ (tamṭṭutt, “woman, wife”).
Noun
*mut- m
Declension
Declension of *mut-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *mutum | *mutāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *mutim | *mutayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *mutam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *mutī / *mutVya | — | *mutVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *mutVka | *mutVkumā / *mutVkumay | *mutVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *mutVki | *mutVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *mutVšu | *mutVšumā / *mutVšumay | *mutVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *mutVša | *mutVšin(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: *mutuya for nom. case, *mutiya for gen. case, *mutaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *mut-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *mut-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁮 (mutum, “husband, man, warrior”)
- West Semitic:
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN