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

Conjunction

*šim or šimmā

if

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒁁𒁹 (šumma)
Arabic: إِن‎ (ʾin)
Aramaic: הן‎ (hen, hin), אן‎ (ʾen, ʾin)
- Classical Syriac: ‏ܐܢ‏‎ (ʾen)
Ge'ez: እም (ʾəm), እመ (ʾəmma)
Hebrew: אִם‎ (ʾim)
Samaritan Hebrew: ࠀࠌ‎ (ʾam)
Old South Arabian: 𐩠𐩣‎,‎ 𐩠𐩣𐩺‎,‎ 𐩠𐩣𐩥‎
Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎎 (hm), 𐎛𐎎 (ỉm)

References

Tropper, Josef (2003), “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, pages 191–193