Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šiʔa

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

Cognate with Egyptian sj.

Pronoun

*šiʔa f

  1. she (feminine third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person m 2nd person f 3rd person m 3rd person f
Nominative Singular *ʔanāku *ʔanta *ʔanti *šuʔa *šiʔa
Dual *niḥnu *antumā / *antumay *šumā / *šumay
Plural *ʔantum(ū) *ʔantin(ā) *šum(ū) *šin(ā)
Oblique Singular —
(enclitics used instead) 		*šuʔātī *šiʔātī
Dual *šumātī / *šumāytī
Plural *šumūtī *šinātī

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅆𒄿 (šī)
    • Eblaite: 𒋛𒀀 (si-a /⁠šiyā⁠/)
  • Proto-West Semitic: *hiʔā
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: هِيَ (hiya)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: הִיא (hī)
          Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: איהי (ʾīhī)
          • Classical Syriac: ܗܺܝ (hī)
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: הִיא (hi, hîʾ)
            Qumran Hebrew: הִיאה (hia, hîʾa) (less frequent than הִיא (hi, hîʾ), most prominently in 1QS)
          • Phoenician: 𐤄𐤀 (hʾ /⁠hi⁠/)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎊 (hy /⁠hī⁠/)
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: sēh

References

  • Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
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