Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabn-

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 *ʾabun-.

Noun

*ʔabn- m

  1. stone

Inflection

Declension of *ʔabn-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔabnum *ʔabnāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ʔabnam *ʔabnayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ʔabnim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔabnī / *ʔabnVya — *ʔabnVni
2nd person m *ʔabnVka *ʔabnVkumā / *ʔabnVkumay *ʔabnVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔabnVki *ʔabnVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔabnVšu *ʔabnVšumā / *ʔabnVšumay *ʔabnVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔabnVša *ʔabnVšin(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: *ʔabnuya for nom. case, *ʔabniya for gen. case, *ʔabnaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒎎 (abnum)
  • West Semitic:

References

  • 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 190
  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
  • 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 3
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