Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanti

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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanti

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic.

Pronoun

*ʔanti f

1. you (feminine second-person singular 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	—	*antumā / *antumay		*šumā / *šumay
	Plural	*niḥnu	*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: 𒀜𒋾 (atti)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: أَنْتِ‎‎ (ʾanti)
    • Hebrew: אַתְּ‎‎ (ʾat)
    • Aramaic:

      Aramaic: אַנְתִּי‎ ('antī), אַנְתְּ‎ (ʾant)

      Classical Syriac: ܐܢܬܝ‎ ('antī), ܐܢܬ‎ (ʾant)

    • Phoenician: 𐤀𐤕‎ (ʾt)
      • Punic: 𐤀𐤕‎ (ʾt)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎚 (ảt /ʾatti/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: አንቺ (ʾänči)
    • Ge'ez: አንቲ (ʾänti)

References

• Huehnergard, John (2019) , “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN