Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šim-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *(ʔi-)sim- (“name”).

Noun

*šim-

name

Inflection

Declension of *šim-

possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šimu(m)	*šimā(ni)	*šimū(na)
Genitive	*šimi(m)	*šimay(ni)	*šimī(na)
Accusative	*šima(m)	*šimay(ni)	*šimī(na)
1st c. sg. (my)	šimiya	1st c. pl. (our)	šimVnā
2nd m. sg. (your)	šimVkā	2nd m. pl. (your)	šimVkumū
2nd f. sg. (your)	šimVkī	2nd f. pl. (your)	šimVkinnā
3rd m. sg. (his)	šimVhū	3rd m. pl. (their)	šimVhummū
3rd f. sg. (her)	šimVšā	3rd f. pl. (their)	šimVšinnā

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒈬 (MU /šumu, šemu, šuʾu/)
Central Semitic:
- Arabic: اِسْم‎ (ism)
  - Cypriot Arabic: اِسْمْ‎‎ (ism)
  - Hijazi Arabic: اِسِم‎ (isim)
  - Maltese: isem
  - Tunisian Arabic: اِسْمْ‎‎ (ism)
  - → Azerbaijani: ایسیم‎, isim (or via Persian)
  - → Bashkir: исем (isem)
  - → Malay: اسم‎, isim
  - → Persian: اسم‎ (esm)
    - Tajik: исм (ism)
      - → Uzbek: ism
    - → Hindi: इस्म (isma)
    - → Urdu: اسم‎
    - → Ottoman Turkish: اسم‎
      - → Turkish: isim
  - → Uyghur: ئىسىم‎ (isim) (or via Persian)
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܫܡܐ‎ (šəmā)
    
    Jewish Aramaic: שְׁמָא‎ (šəmā)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎 (šm) /šumu/
  - Canaanite:
    - Hebrew: שֵׁם‎ (šēm)
    - Phoenician: 𐤔𐤌‎ (šm)
South Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian:
  - Mehri: ham‎
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - North Ethiopian:
    - Ge'ez: ስም (səm)
    - Tigre: ስም (səm)
    - Tigrinya: ስም (səm)
  - South Ethiopian:
    - Amharic: ስም (səm)
    - Argobba: ስም (səm)
- Old South Arabian: 𐩪𐩣‎ (sm, “name”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.