Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ganb-

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

*ganb- m

  1. side, flank and back taken together
    Antonym: *piʔat-

Inflection

Declension of *ganb-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ganbum *ganbāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *ganbam *ganbayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *ganbim
possessive forms
1st person *ganbī / *ganbVya — *ganbVni
2nd person m *ganbVka *ganbVkumā / *ganbVkumay *ganbVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ganbVki *ganbVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ganbVšu *ganbVšumā / *ganbVšumay *ganbVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ganbVša *ganbVšin(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: *ganbuya for nom. case, *ganbiya for gen. case, *ganbaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: gabbum (“a certain part of the body of an animal or beast; whole, entirety, all”)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ገቦ (gäbo)
      • Tigre: ገቦ (gäbo), note also the /n/ in አንገብ (ʾängäb, “fundament, tewel”)
      • Tigrinya: ጎቦ (gobo)
      • Inor: ጉፐ (gupa, “height of body”)
      • Gyeto: ጕፐ (gʷəpa, “height”)
    • Modern South Arabian:

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176a
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 79–80 Nr. 85
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