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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḏaḳan-
 | This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
Noun
*ḏaḳan-
- beard
Inflection
Declension of *ḏaḳan-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḏaḳanum | *ḏaḳanāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḏaḳanim | *ḏaḳanayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḏaḳanam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḏaḳanī / *ḏaḳanVya | — | *ḏaḳanVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḏaḳanVka | *ḏaḳanVkumā / *ḏaḳanVkumay | *ḏaḳanVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḏaḳanVki | *ḏaḳanVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḏaḳanVšu | *ḏaḳanVšumā / *ḏaḳanVšumay | *ḏaḳanVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḏaḳanVša | *ḏaḳanVšin(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: *ḏaḳanuya for nom. case, *ḏaḳaniya for gen. case, *ḏaḳanaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḏaḳan-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḏaḳan-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅾 (ziqnum, “beard”)
- Eblaite: 𒊭𒂵𒈝 (ša-ga-núm /daqanum/), 𒊭𒄖𒉡𒌝 (ša-gu-nu-um /daqūnum/) = Sumerian 𒋗𒆕 (SU₆.DÙ)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: ذَقَن (ḏaqan), ذِقْن (ḏiqn, “chin”)
- Hijazi Arabic: ذِقِن (digin, “beard, chin”)
- Maltese: daqna (“beard”)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: דִּקְנָא (diqnā), דִּיקְנָא (dīqnā, “beard; chin”)
- Classical Syriac: ܕܻ݁ܩܢܳܐ (diqnā, “beard”)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: זָקָן (zakán, zāqān, “beard”)
- Phoenician: 𐤆𐤒𐤍 (zqn, “beard”)
- Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎖𐎐 (dqn /daqanu/, “beard; chin”)
- Aramaic: דִּקְנָא (diqnā), דִּיקְנָא (dīqnā, “beard; chin”)
- Arabic: ذَقَن (ḏaqan), ذِقْن (ḏiqn, “chin”)
- South Semitic:
- Soqotri: díḳehon, dóḳehan, dáḳehan, də́ḳhɔn
- Central Semitic:
Further reading
- Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2000), “ḏiḳan- ~ *ʒi/aḳan-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 59–60 Nr. 63