Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/purḡūṯ-
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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
Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *pVrɣVč- (“flea, grasshopper, louse”). Dubiously connected by Dillmann to Ge'ez አንፈርዐጸ (ʾänfärʿäṣä, “to prance, to leap”). Compare also Proto-Turkic *bürge, *bürče and Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.
Noun
*purḡūṯ- m
Inflection
Declension of *purḡūṯ-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *purḡūṯum | *purḡūṯāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *purḡūṯim | *purḡūṯayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *purḡūṯam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *purḡūṯī / *purḡūṯVya | — | *purḡūṯVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *purḡūṯVka | *purḡūṯVkumā / *purḡūṯVkumay | *purḡūṯVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *purḡūṯVki | *purḡūṯVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *purḡūṯVšu | *purḡūṯVšumā / *purḡūṯVšumay | *purḡūṯVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *purḡūṯVša | *purḡūṯVšin(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: *purḡūṯuya for nom. case, *purḡūṯiya for gen. case, *purḡūṯaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *purḡūṯ-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *purḡūṯ-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: بُرْغُوث (burḡūṯ)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܦܾ݁ܘܪܬܱ݁ܥܢܳܐ (purtaʿnā)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: פַּרְעוֹשׁ (par'ósh, parʿôš)
- Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎗𐎙𐎘 (prġṯ) (in a proper name)
- Aramaic:
- Central Semitic:
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “አንፈርዐጸ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1354
- 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, page 212
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 246
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 165
- Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 84