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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.
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Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Active participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”).
Adjective
*ḥāmiṣ́-
- sour, acid to the taste sense
Inflection
Declension of *ḥāmiṣ́-
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ḥāmiṣ́um
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*ḥāmiṣ́atum
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*ḥāmiṣ́āna
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*ḥāmiṣ́atāna
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*ḥāmiṣ́ūna
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*ḥāmiṣ́ātum
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| accusative
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*ḥāmiṣ́am
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*ḥāmiṣ́atam
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*ḥāmiṣ́ayna
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*ḥāmiṣ́atayna
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*ḥāmiṣ́īna
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*ḥāmiṣ́ātim
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| genitive
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*ḥāmiṣ́im
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*ḥāmiṣ́atim
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Eblaite: [script needed] (NINDA.AD₆ /ʔà-mi-zum, ʔà-me-zum/)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Jewish Literary Aramaic: חוּמְעָא (ḥūməʿā, “vinegar”)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: חֹמֶץ (khómets, ḥṓmeṣ, “vinegar”)