Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṭāb-

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

Adjective

*ṭāb-

  1. good, pleasant to the senses

Inflection

Declension of *ṭāb-
singular dual plural
m f m f m f
nominative *ṭābum *ṭābatum *ṭābāna *ṭābatāna *ṭābūna *ṭābātum
accusative *ṭābam *ṭābatam *ṭābayna *ṭābatayna *ṭābīna *ṭābātim
genitive *ṭābim *ṭābatim

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒄭 (ṭābum, “pleasant”)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • ⇒ Arabic: طَيِّب (ṭayyib, “good, pleasant”) (pursuant to general developments for adjectives of hollow roots to gain the pattern CayyiC)
      • Northwest Semitic:
      • Old South Arabian:
        • ⇒ Old South Arabian: 𐩷𐩺𐩨 (ṭyb, “sweet-smelling”) (the unknown vocalization raises doubts)

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  • 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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