Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/paʔr-

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

*paʔr- m

mouse

Inflection

Declension of *paʔr-
case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*paʔrum	*paʔrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
accusative	*paʔram	*paʔrayna	plural stem + *-īna
genitive	*paʔrim	*paʔrayna	plural stem + *-īna

possessive forms
1^st person	paʔrī / paʔrVya	—	*paʔrVni
2^nd person m	*paʔrVka	paʔrVkumā / paʔrVkumay	*paʔrVkum(ū)
2^nd person f	*paʔrVki	paʔrVkumā / paʔrVkumay	*paʔrVkin(ā)
3^rd person m	*paʔrVšu	paʔrVšumā / paʔrVšumay	*paʔrVšum(ū)
3^rd person f	*paʔrVša	paʔrVšumā / paʔrVšumay	*paʔrVšin(ā)

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: *paʔruya for nom. case, *paʔriya for gen. case, *paʔraya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒉾𒌉 (pērūrūtum, “mouse”)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: فَأْر (faʔr)
    - Gulf Arabic: فار (far)
    - Maltese: far
    - Moroccan Arabic: فار (fār)
    - South Levantine Arabic: فار (fār)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Amharic: ፍርፍር (fərfər, “a kind of field mouse”)
  - Harari: فُوءْر (fūr)
  - Inor: ፉኡር (fuʾur)
  - Sebat Bet Gurage: ፉር (fur)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 63
Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 109

Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/paʔr-

Proto-Semitic

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

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