Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/pay-
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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
*pay- m
Inflection
Declension of *pay-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *payum | *payāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *payim | *payayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *payam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *payī / *payVya | — | *payVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *payVka | *payVkumā / *payVkumay | *payVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *payVki | *payVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *payVšu | *payVšumā / *payVšumay | *payVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *payVša | *payVšin(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: *payuya for nom. case, *payiya for gen. case, *payaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *pay-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *pay-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅗 (pûm)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: فَم (fam)
- Maltese: fomm
- Northwest Semitic:
- Old South Arabian:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩰 (f)
- Arabic: فَم (fam)
- Ethiopian Semitic: *ʾaf-
- Central Semitic:
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 171–178
- 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, pages 221–222