Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šabṭ-

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

Alternative forms

Noun

*šabṭ- m

  1. stick, rod, staff

Inflection

Declension of *šabṭ-
case singular dual plural
nominative *šabṭum *šabṭāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *šabṭam *šabṭayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *šabṭim
possessive forms
1st person *šabṭī / *šabṭVya *šabṭVni
2nd person m *šabṭVka *šabṭVkumā / *šabṭVkumay *šabṭVkum(ū)
2nd person f *šabṭVki *šabṭVkin(ā)
3rd person m *šabṭVšu *šabṭVšumā / *šabṭVšumay *šabṭVšum(ū)
3rd person f *šabṭVša *šabṭVšin(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: *šabṭuya for nom. case, *šabṭiya for gen. case, *šabṭaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒉺𒅁𒁉𒂅 (šabbiṭum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: سِبْط (sibṭ)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: שִׁבְטָא (šiḇṭā) / ܫܰܒܛܳܐ (šaḇṭā)
        • Canaanite:
    • Ethiopian Semitic: