Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔatān-

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

*ʔatān- f

  1. female donkey, jenny

Inflection

Declension of *ʔatān-
case singular dual plural
nominative *ʔatānum *ʔatānāna *ʔatānātum
accusative *ʔatānam *ʔatānayna *ʔatānātim
genitive *ʔatānim
possessive forms
1st person *ʔatānī / *ʔatānVya — *ʔatānVni
2nd person m *ʔatānVka *ʔatānVkumā / *ʔatānVkumay *ʔatānVkum(ū)
2nd person f *ʔatānVki *ʔatānVkin(ā)
3rd person m *ʔatānVšu *ʔatānVšumā / *ʔatānVšumay *ʔatānVšum(ū)
3rd person f *ʔatānVša *ʔatānVšin(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: *ʔatānuya for nom. case, *ʔatāniya for gen. case, *ʔatānaya for acc. case, etc.

See also

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒊩𒀲 (atānum)
  • West Semitic:

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
  • 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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