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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/namir-
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *mary- (“wild cat, lion, leopard”).
Noun
*namir- m
- leopard
Inflection
Declension of *namir-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *namirum | *namirāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *namirim | *namirayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *namiram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *namirī / *namirVya | — | *namirVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *namirVka | *namirVkumā / *namirVkumay | *namirVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *namirVki | *namirVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *namirVšu | *namirVšumā / *namirVšumay | *namirVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *namirVša | *namirVšin(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: *namiruya for nom. case, *namiriya for gen. case, *namiraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *namir-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *namir-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊊𒌉 (nimrum)
- Eblaite: 𒈾𒈨𒈝 (na-me-lum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: نَمِر (namir)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: נִמְרָא (nimrā’)
- Classical Syriac: ܢܶܡܪܳܐ (nemrā)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: נָמֵר (namér, nāmēr)
- Aramaic: נִמְרָא (nimrā’)
- Old South Arabian:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩬𐩣𐩧 (nmr)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ነብር (näbr)
- Ge'ez: ነምር (nämr)
- Tigre: ነብሪ (näbri)
- Tigrinya: ነምሪ (nämri), ነብሪ (näbri)
- Sebat Bet Gurage: ነውር (näwǝr)
- Modern South Arabian:
- Harsusi: nemr
- Central Semitic: