Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/yawm-

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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

From Proto-Afroasiatic *yam- (day). Cognate with Egyptian ỉmy (sun (as an eye)).

Noun

*yawm- m

  1. day
    Antonym: *layl-

Inflection

Declension of *yawm-
case singular dual plural
nominative *yawmum *yawmāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *yawmam *yawmayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *yawmim
possessive forms
1st person *yawmī / *yawmVya *yawmVni
2nd person m *yawmVka *yawmVkumā / *yawmVkumay *yawmVkum(ū)
2nd person f *yawmVki *yawmVkin(ā)
3rd person m *yawmVšu *yawmVšumā / *yawmVšumay *yawmVšum(ū)
3rd person f *yawmVša *yawmVšin(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: *yawmuya for nom. case, *yawmiya for gen. case, *yawmaya for acc. case, etc.

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