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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
Passive participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”).
Adjective
*ḥamīṣ́-
- sour, acid to the taste sense
Inflection
Declension of *ḥamīṣ́-
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plural
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| nominative
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*ḥamīṣ́um
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*ḥamīṣ́atum
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*ḥamīṣ́āna
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*ḥamīṣ́atāna
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*ḥamīṣ́ūna
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*ḥamīṣ́ātum
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| accusative
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*ḥamīṣ́am
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*ḥamīṣ́atam
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*ḥamīṣ́ayna
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*ḥamīṣ́atayna
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*ḥamīṣ́īna
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*ḥamīṣ́ātim
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| genitive
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*ḥamīṣ́im
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*ḥamīṣ́atim
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: emēṣu (“to be sour”, stative)
- West Semitic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: חֲמִיע (ḥămīʿ)
- Jewish Literary Aramaic: חֲמִיע
- Classical Syriac: ܚܰܡܻܝܥܳܐ (ḥammīʿā)
- Hebrew: חָמֵץ (khaméts, ḥāmēṣ), sense “sour” continued by חָמוּץ (khamúts, ḥāmûṣ)