Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/paʔr-

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

*paʔr- m

  1. mouse

Inflection

Declension of *paʔr-
case singular dual plural
nominative *paʔrum *paʔrāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *paʔram *paʔrayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *paʔrim
possessive forms
1st person *paʔrī / *paʔrVya — *paʔrVni
2nd person m *paʔrVka *paʔrVkumā / *paʔrVkumay *paʔrVkum(ū)
2nd person f *paʔrVki *paʔrVkin(ā)
3rd person m *paʔrVšu *paʔrVšumā / *paʔrVšumay *paʔrVšum(ū)
3rd person f *paʔrVša *paʔrVšin(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: *paʔruya for nom. case, *paʔriya for gen. case, *paʔraya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒉾𒌉 (pērūrūtum, “mouse”)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: ፍርፍር (fərfər, “a kind of field mouse”)
      • Harari: فُوءْر (fūr)
      • Inor: ፉኡር (fuʾur)
      • Sebat Bet Gurage: ፉር (fur)

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 63
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 109
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