Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/hadad-

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

*hadad- m

  1. thunder

Inflection

Declension of *hadad-
case singular dual plural
nominative *hadadum *hadadāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *hadadam *hadadayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *hadadim
possessive forms
1st person *hadadī / *hadadVya — *hadadVni
2nd person m *hadadVka *hadadVkumā / *hadadVkumay *hadadVkum(ū)
2nd person f *hadadVki *hadadVkin(ā)
3rd person m *hadadVšu *hadadVšumā / *hadadVšumay *hadadVšum(ū)
3rd person f *hadadVša *hadadVšin(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: *hadaduya for nom. case, *hadadiya for gen. case, *hadadaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒀜𒁺𒌝 (addum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: هَادَّة (hādda)
      • Northwest Semitic:
    • South Semitic:
      • Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Tigrinya: ሃደደ (hadädä)
        • Tigre: ሃዱድ (hadud), ህዱድ (hədud)
      • Modern South Arabian:
        • Mehri: həd
        • Shehri: hid
        • Soqotri: šed

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Phonetics and Phonology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 59
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 194
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.