Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/nadaw-

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

Verb

*nadaw-

  1. ausmusterna contranymous significance:
    1. to call out, to invite
    2. to proclaim, to commend or praise, to shout out, on the other hand:
    3. to call out, to shout out, to chase off
    4. to exclude, to parry, to discharge
    5. to cast off, to put down or put away, to stow

Conjugation

Conjugation of *nadaw- (paʕala)
verbal noun *nadw-
active participle *nādiw-
passive participle *nadīw-, *nadūw-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *nadawku *nadawka *nadawa *nadawkayā *nadawkā *nadawā *nadawna *nadawkanu *nadawū
f *nadawki *nadawat *nadawatā *nadawkina *nadawā
imperfect m *ʔandū *tandū *yindū *tanduwā *yanduwā *nindū *tandū *yindū
f *tandī *tandū *tanduwā *tanduwā *yinduwā
imperative m *nadū *naduwā *nadū
f *nadī *naduwā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒄿 (nâdum)
    • Eblaite: 𒈾𒁕𒌝 (na-da-um)
  • West Semitic:
    • Arabic: نَدَا (nadā)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: more at CAL
      • Hebrew: נִדָּה (niddâ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎄𐎊 (ndy /⁠nadaya⁠/), 𐎐𐎄 (nd /⁠nadā⁠/)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩬𐩵𐩺 (ndy)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • North Ethiopian Semitic: (here developed to mean “to be poor”, as in “to call for help”)
        • Ge'ez: ነደየ (nädäyä), ነድየ (nädyä)
        • Tigre: ነዳ (näda)
        • Tigrinya: ነደየ (nädäyä)
  • Proto-Kartvelian: *nad-