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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/dubb-
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Perhaps related to Egyptian db (“hippopotamus”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴱⴰⴱⴱⵓⵥ (ababbuẓ, “bear”).
Noun
*dubb- m
- bear
Inflection
Declension of *dubb-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *dubbum | *dubbāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *dubbim | *dubbayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *dubbam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *dubbī / *dubbVya | — | *dubbVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *dubbVka | *dubbVkumā / *dubbVkumay | *dubbVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *dubbVki | *dubbVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *dubbVšu | *dubbVšumā / *dubbVšumay | *dubbVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *dubbVša | *dubbVšin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: 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: *dubbuya for nom. case, *dubbiya for gen. case, *dubbaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *dubb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *dubb-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁕𒁍𒌝 (dabûm)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: دُبّ (dubb)
- Gulf Arabic: دب (dubb)
- Maltese: debb
- Moroccan Arabic: دب (dubb)
- → Swahili: dubu
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Biblical Aramaic: דֹּב (doḇ)
- Classical Syriac: ܕܷ݁ܒܴ݁ܐ (debbā)
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡁𐡁 (dbb)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דּוּבָּא (dubbā)
- Jewish Literary Aramaic: דּוּבָּא (dubbā)
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: דּוּבּ (dubb)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: דֹּב (dov, dōḇ)
- Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎁 (db /dubbu/)
- Aramaic:
- Arabic: دُبّ (dubb)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ድብ (dəbb)
- Ge'ez: ድብ (dǝbb)
- Tigre: ድብ (dǝbb)
- Tigrinya: ድቢ (dǝbbi)
- Central Semitic: