Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/raʕay-

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

*raʕay-

  1. to herd or tend to livestock

Conjugation

Conjugation of *raʕay- (paʕala)
verbal noun *{{{vn}}}-
active participle *rāʕiy-
passive participle *raʕīy-, *raʕūy-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *raʕayku *raʕayka *raʕaya *raʕaykayā *raʕaykā *raʕayā *raʕayna *raʕaykanu *raʕayū
f *raʕayki *raʕayat *raʕayatā *raʕaykina *raʕayā
imperfect m *ʔāʕī *tarʕī *yirʕī *tarʕiyā *yarʕiyā *nirʕī *tarʕī *yirʕiyū
f *tarʕī *tarʕī *tarʕiyā *tarʕiyā *yirʕiyā
imperative m *raʕī *raʕiyā *raʕiyū
f *raʕī *raʕiyā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒊑𒂍𒌝 (re'ûm)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡓𐡏𐡉 (rʿy)
        • Aramaic: רְעֵי, רְעָא
        • Classical Syriac: ܪܥܵܐ (rəʿāʾ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Biblical Hebrew: רָעָה (rāʿâ)
        • Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏 (rʿ)
      • Ugaritic:
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Sabaean: 𐩧𐩲𐩺 (rʿy)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ርዕየ (rəʿyä)