Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/namir-
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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 *mariy- (“wild cat, lion, leopard”). Cognate with Egyptian mꜣj (“lion”) and mjw (“cat”), Alagwa mariy-amo (“wild cat”), Pévé merian (“wild cat, serval”), Ngete mēr (“serval”).
Noun
*namir- m
Inflection
Declension of *namir-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *namirum | *namirāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *namirim | *namirayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *namiram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *namirī / *namirVya | — | *namirVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *namirVka | *namirVkumā / *namirVkumay | *namirVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *namirVki | *namirVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *namirVšu | *namirVšumā / *namirVšumay | *namirVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *namirVša | *namirVšin(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: *namiruya for nom. case, *namiriya for gen. case, *namiraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *namir-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *namir-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian:
- Harsusi: nemr