< Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic
Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šin
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Cognate with Egyptian sn.
Pronoun
*šin(ā) f
- they (feminine third-person plural personal pronoun)
See also
Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns
1st person | 2nd person m | 2nd person f | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | Singular | *ʔanāku | *ʔanta | *ʔanti | *šuʔa | *šiʔa |
Dual | *niḥnu | *antumā / *antumay | *šumā / *šumay | |||
Plural | *ʔantum(ū) | *ʔantin(ā) | *šum(ū) | *šin(ā) | ||
Oblique | Singular | — (enclitics used instead) | *šuʔātī | *šiʔātī | ||
Dual | *šumātī / *šumāytī | |||||
Plural | *šumūtī | *šinātī |
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅆𒈾 (šina)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: هُنَّ (hunna)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: הֵנֵין (hēnēn)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אינהי
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: הֵן (hen, hēn)
- Phoenician: 𐤄𐤌𐤕 (hmt /hmt/)
- Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎐 (hn /hin/)
- Aramaic: הֵנֵין (hēnēn)
- Modern South Arabian
- Shehri: sɛn
- Central Semitic: