Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kaʔs-

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

*kaʔs- m or f

  1. beaker, goblet, cup, stoop

Inflection

Masculine:

Declension of *kaʔs-
case singular dual plural
nominative *kaʔsum *kaʔsāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *kaʔsam *kaʔsayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *kaʔsim
possessive forms
1st person *kaʔsī / *kaʔsVya *kaʔsVni
2nd person m *kaʔsVka *kaʔsVkumā / *kaʔsVkumay *kaʔsVkum(ū)
2nd person f *kaʔsVki *kaʔsVkin(ā)
3rd person m *kaʔsVšu *kaʔsVšumā / *kaʔsVšumay *kaʔsVšum(ū)
3rd person f *kaʔsVša *kaʔsVšin(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: *kaʔsuya for nom. case, *kaʔsiya for gen. case, *kaʔsaya for acc. case, etc.

Feminine:

Declension of *kaʔs-
case singular dual plural
nominative *kaʔsum *kaʔsāna *kaʔsātum
accusative *kaʔsam *kaʔsayna *kaʔsātim
genitive *kaʔsim
possessive forms
1st person *kaʔsī / *kaʔsVya *kaʔsVni
2nd person m *kaʔsVka *kaʔsVkumā / *kaʔsVkumay *kaʔsVkum(ū)
2nd person f *kaʔsVki *kaʔsVkin(ā)
3rd person m *kaʔsVšu *kaʔsVšumā / *kaʔsVšumay *kaʔsVšum(ū)
3rd person f *kaʔsVša *kaʔsVšin(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: *kaʔsuya for nom. case, *kaʔsiya for gen. case, *kaʔsaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒃲 (kāsum)
    • Eblaite: 𒄀𒋗 (gi-šu)
    • Hittite: 𒂵𒀀𒍣 (ga-a-zi /⁠kazzi⁠/)
    • Hurrian: 𒅗𒍪 (ka-su₂ /⁠kazi-⁠/)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: كَأْس (kaʔs)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: כָּסָא (kāsā)
          Imperial Aramaic: 𐡊𐡎𐡀 (ksʾ)
          Aramaic: 𐣪𐣮𐣠
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: כּוֹס (kos, kôs)
          • Phoenician: 𐤊𐤎 (ks /⁠kūs⁠/)
            • ? Tuareg: ăkos (bowl, container)
              • Hausa: akùshī (type of bowl)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎒 (ks /⁠kāsu⁠/)
        • Egyptian: [script needed] (ku-ṯi₂)