Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/zamar-

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

*zamar-

  1. to make music

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zamar- (paʕala)
verbal noun *zamr-
active participle *zāmir-
passive participle *zamīr-, *zamūr-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *zamarku *zamarka *zamara *zamarkayā *zamarkā *zamarā *zamarna *zamarkanu *zamarū
f *zamarki *zamarat *zamaratā *zamarkina *zamarā
imperfect m *ʔazmur *tazmur *yizmur *tazmurā *yazmurā *nizmur *tazmurū *yizmurū
f *tazmurī *tazmur *tazmurā *tazmurā *yizmurā
imperative m *zamur *zamurā *zamurū
f *zamurī *zamurā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒍝𒈠𒊒𒌝 (zamārum, “to sing”)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ዘመረ (zämärä, “to sing”)
      • Amharic: መዘመረ (mäzämärä, “to sing”), መዘሙረ (mäzämurä, “religious song”)
      • Tigrinya: ዘመረ (zämärä)

References

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