Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/yad-
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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
*yad- f
Inflection
Declension of *yad-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *yadum | *yadāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *yadim | *yadayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *yadam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *yadī / *yadVya | — | *yadVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *yadVka | *yadVkumā / *yadVkumay | *yadVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *yadVki | *yadVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *yadVšu | *yadVšumā / *yadVšumay | *yadVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *yadVša | *yadVšin(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: *yaduya for nom. case, *yadiya for gen. case, *yadaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *yad-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *yad-
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Declension of *yad-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *yadum | *yadāna | *yadātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *yadim | *yadayna | *yadātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *yadam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *yadī / *yadVya | — | *yadVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *yadVka | *yadVkumā / *yadVkumay | *yadVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *yadVki | *yadVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *yadVšu | *yadVšumā / *yadVšumay | *yadVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *yadVša | *yadVšin(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: *yaduya for nom. case, *yadiya for gen. case, *yadaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *yad-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *yad-
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Reconstruction notes
The stem *ʔid- appears in multiple branches, raising the question of whether the usual reconstruction is maximally parsimonious.
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀉 (idum, “arm”)
- West Semitic: