Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ramay-

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

*ramay-

  1. to throw, to warp, to cast, to hurl, to shoot

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ramay- (paʕala)
verbal noun *ramy-
active participle *rāmiy-
passive participle *ramīy-, *ramūy-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *ramayku *ramayka *ramaya *ramaykayā *ramaykā *ramayā *ramayna *ramaykanu *ramayū
f *ramayki *ramayat *ramayatā *ramaykina *ramayā
imperfect m *ʔarmī *tarmī *yirmī *tarmiyā *yarmiyā *nirmī *tarmī *yirmiyū
f *tarmī *tarmī *tarmiyā *tarmiyā *yirmiyā
imperative m *ramī *ramiyā *ramiyū
f *ramī *ramiyā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒊏𒈬𒌋 (/⁠ramûm⁠/)
  • West Semitic
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: رَمَى (ramā)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          • Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רְמָא (rəmā)
          • Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡌࡀ (/⁠rəmā⁠/)
          • Classical Syriac: ܪܡܰܐ (rəmā)
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎎𐎊 (rmy /⁠ramaya⁠/)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ረመየ (rämäyä)

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 472
  • Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “Proto-Semitic/ramay-”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 730
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