Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/banay-

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

Verb

*banay-

  1. to build, to construct

Conjugation

Conjugation of *banay- (paʕala)
verbal noun *bany-
active participle *bāniy-
passive participle *banīy-, *banūy-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *banayku *banayka *banaya *banaykayā *banaykā *banayā *banayna *banaykanu *banayū
f *banayki *banayat *banayatā *banaykina *banayā
imperfect m *ʔabnī *tabnī *yibnī *tabniyā *yabniyā *nibnī *tabnī *yibniyū
f *tabnī *tabnī *tabniyā *tabniyā *yibniyā
imperative m *banī *baniyā *baniyū
f *banī *baniyā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒆕 (banûm)
  • West Semitic