Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/waʕil-

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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

*waʕilum bimadbarim

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *waʕil- (“mountain goat or antelope”).

Noun

*waʕil- m

  1. ibex

Inflection

Declension of *waʕil-
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *waʕilum *waʕilāna plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive *waʕilim *waʕilayna plural stem + *-īna
Accusative *waʕilam
possessive forms
1st person *waʕilī / *waʕilVya — *waʕilVni
2nd person m *waʕilVka *waʕilVkumā / *waʕilVkumay *waʕilVkum(ū)
2nd person f *waʕilVki *waʕilVkin(ā)
3rd person m *waʕilVšu *waʕilVšumā / *waʕilVšumay *waʕilVšum(ū)
3rd person f *waʕilVša *waʕilVšin(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: *waʕiluya for nom. case, *waʕiliya for gen. case, *waʕilaya for acc. case, etc.

Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *waʕil-
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *waʕiluka *waʕilāka plural stem + *-ūka
Genitive *waʕilika *waʕilayka plural stem + *-īka
Accusative *waʕilaka
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *waʕil-
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *waʕiluki *waʕilāki plural stem + *-ūki
Genitive *waʕiliki *waʕilayki plural stem + *-īki
Accusative *waʕilaki

Descendants

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312–314 No. 244
  • Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎ (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 391
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