< Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic
Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔaḥad-
 | 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
Numeral
| 1 | 2 > | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *ʔaḥad- | ||
*ʔaḥad- (feminine *ʾaḥadt-)
- one
Usage notes
- Various reconstructions proposed, e.g. *waḥad-.
- Wilson-Wright (2014) suggests it was not at all used as a cardinal numeral in Proto-Semitic but rather supplanted earlier *ʿast- as a cardinal numeral in some later languages, mostly losing its adjectival sense (notable exceptions to this include Akkadian, which is of all attested Semitic languages among the earliest attested and thus closest to Proto-Semitic).
Adjective
*ʔaḥad- (feminine *ʾaḥadt-)
- one, single, only
Descendants
- Akkadian: 𒀸 m (/ēdu, wēdu, īdu/)
- Amharic: አንድ m (ʾänd)
- Arabic: أَحَد m (ʾaḥad), إِحْدَى f (ʾiḥdā)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: חַד m (ḥaḏ), חֲדָא f (ḥăḏā)
- Syriac: ܚܲܕ m (ḥaḏ), ܚܕܵܐ f (ḥḏā)
- Palmyrene: 𐡠𐡧𐡣 m (ʾḥd)
- Western Neo-Aramaic: ܐܚܕ m (ʾaḥḥaḏ), ܐܚܕܐ f (ʾeḥḏa)
- Turoyo: ܚܰܐ (ḥa)
- Ge'ez: አሐዱ m (ʾäḥädu), አሐቲ f (ʾäḥätti)
- Biblical Hebrew: אֶחָד m (ʾeḥāḏ), אַחַת f (ʾaḥaṯ)
- Hebrew: אֶחָד m (eẖad), אַחַת f (aẖat)
- Mehri: [script needed] m (ʾəḥād)
- Tigrinya: ሓደ m (ḥadä)
- Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎈𐎄 m (ảḥd /ʾaḥadu/), 𐎀𐎈𐎚 f (ảḥt /ʾaḥattu/)
References
- Wilson-Wright, Aren, "The Word for 'One' in Proto-Semitic", Journal of Semitic Studies 59.1 (2014) 1-13.