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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔak-
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⴹⵉⴹ (agḍiḍ, “bird”).
Noun
*ʔak- m or f
- owl
- raven
- vulture
Inflection
Declension of *ʔak-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *ʔakum | *ʔakāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *ʔakim | *ʔakayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *ʔakam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *ʔakī / *ʔakVya | — | *ʔakVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *ʔakVka | *ʔakVkumā / *ʔakVkumay | *ʔakVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *ʔakVki | *ʔakVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *ʔakVšu | *ʔakVšumā / *ʔakVšumay | *ʔakVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *ʔakVša | *ʔakVšin(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: *ʔakuya for nom. case, *ʔakiya for gen. case, *ʔakaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔak-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔak-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀝𒆪𒌑 (akkû, “owl”)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܟܱ݁ܘܟ݁ܒܰܝ (kawk(ə)ḇay, “owl”)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: אוֹחַ (óakh, ʾốaḥ, “eagle owl”)
- Aramaic:
- Northwest Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ጉጉት (gugut, “owl”)
- Ge'ez: ኳኳ (kʷakʷa, “raven”)
- Tigrinya: ኳኵ (kʷakʷ, “crow, raven”)
- Central Semitic: