< Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic
Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šamāy-
Proto-Semitic
Noun
*šamāy- f
- sky, space
- heaven (religion)
Inflection
Declension of *šamāy-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *šamāyum | *šamāyāna | *šamāyātum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *šamāyim | *šamāyayna | *šamāyātim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *šamāyam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *šamāyī / *šamāyVya | — | *šamāyVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *šamāyVka | *šamāyVkumā / *šamāyVkumay | *šamāyVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *šamāyVki | *šamāyVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *šamāyVšu | *šamāyVšumā / *šamāyVšumay | *šamāyVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *šamāyVša | *šamāyVšin(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: *šamāyuya for nom. case, *šamāyiya for gen. case, *šamāyaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *šamāy-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *šamāy-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀭 (šamû)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: سَمَاء (samāʔ)
- Algerian Arabic: سما (smā)
- Egyptian Arabic: سما (sama)
- Gulf Arabic: سما (sima)
- Hijazi Arabic: سما (sama)
- Maltese: sema
- Moroccan Arabic: سما (smā)
- South Levantine Arabic: سما (sama)
- Tunisian Arabic: سما (smā)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: שְׁמַיְן (šmayn), שְׁמָיָא (šmayyā), שְׁמָיָה
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡔𐡌𐡉𐡍 (šmyn)
- Lishana Deni: שמיה (šəmme)
- Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡉࡀ (šumia)
- Classical Syriac: ܫܡܰܝܴ݁ܐ (šmayyā)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם (shamáyim, šāmáyim)
- Phoenician: 𐤔𐤌𐤌 (šmm)
- Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎎 (šmm), 𐎌𐎎𐎊𐎐 (šmyn)
- Aramaic: שְׁמַיְן (šmayn), שְׁמָיָא (šmayyā), שְׁמָיָה
- Old South Arabian:
- Sabaean: 𐩪𐩣𐩺𐩬 (s¹myn)
- Safaitic: 𐪊𐪃𐪚 (s¹my)
- Arabic: سَمَاء (samāʔ)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ሰማይ (sämay)
- Ge'ez: ሰማይ (sämay)
- Tigre: ሻማአ (šamaʾä)
- Tigrinya: ሰማይ (sämay)
- Central Semitic:
References
- Botterweck, G. Johannes; Ringgren, Helmer; Fabry, Heinz-Josef (2006) Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 206
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 192