Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/naḥat-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Verb

*naḥat-

  1. to whittle, to hew, to carve
  2. (figurative) to chide, to scold, to opprobriate

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/naḥat- (paʕala)
verbal noun *naḥt-
active participle *nāḥit-
passive participle *naḥīt-, *naḥūt-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *naḥatku *naḥatka *naḥata *naḥatkayā *naḥatkā *naḥatā *naḥatna *naḥatkanu *naḥatū
f *naḥatki *naḥatat *naḥatatā *naḥatkina *naḥatā
imperfect m *ʔanḥut *tanḥut *yinḥut *tanḥutā *yanḥutā *ninḥut *tanḥutū *yinḥutū
f *tanḥutī *tanḥut *tanḥutā *tanḥutā *yinḥutā
imperative m *naḥut *naḥutā *naḥutū
f *naḥutī *naḥutā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒉡𒄴𒄷𒌅 (nuḫḫutum, “to trim, to hew”)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Northwest Semitic:
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩬𐩢𐩩 (nḥt, “opprobrium, obloquy”, originally verbal noun)
    • → Old Armenian: նախատեմ (naxatem, “to reproach; to insult”)

References

  • Tropper, Josef (1995) “Akkadisch nuḫḫutu und die Repräsentation des Phonems /ḥ/ im Akkadischen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (in German), volume 85, number 1, →DOI, pages 58–66
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