Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/lapt-

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

Compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps.

Noun

*lapt- m

  1. turnip, rape

Inflection

Declension of *lapt-
case singular dual plural
nominative *laptum *laptāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *laptam *laptayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *laptim
possessive forms
1st person *laptī / *laptVya — *laptVni
2nd person m *laptVka *laptVkumā / *laptVkumay *laptVkum(ū)
2nd person f *laptVki *laptVkin(ā)
3rd person m *laptVšu *laptVšumā / *laptVšumay *laptVšum(ū)
3rd person f *laptVša *laptVšin(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: *laptuya for nom. case, *laptiya for gen. case, *laptaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒇻𒊬 (laptum, liptum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: لِفْت (lift)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: לַפְתָּא (lap̄tā) and לֶפְתָּא (lep̄tā) / לֶיפְתָּא (lep̄tā) and לִפְתָּא (lip̄tā) / לִיפְתָּא (lip̄tā), absolute state לְפֶת (lp̄eṯ)
        • Canaanite:
  • → Coptic:

Further reading

  • “lpt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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