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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥimār-
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Perhaps related to *muhr-, with metathesis and variation between *ḥ and *h.
Noun
*ḥimār- m
- donkey
Inflection
Declension of *ḥimār-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *ḥimārum | *ḥimārāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *ḥimārim | *ḥimārayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *ḥimāram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *ḥimārī / *ḥimārVya | — | *ḥimārVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *ḥimārVka | *ḥimārVkumā / *ḥimārVkumay | *ḥimārVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *ḥimārVki | *ḥimārVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *ḥimārVšu | *ḥimārVšumā / *ḥimārVšumay | *ḥimārVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *ḥimārVša | *ḥimārVšin(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: *ḥimāruya for nom. case, *ḥimāriya for gen. case, *ḥimāraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḥimār-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḥimār-
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See also
- *ʔatān-
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀲 (imērum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: حِمَار (ḥimār)
- Egyptian Arabic: حمار (ḥumār, ḥmār)
- Gulf Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
- Maltese: ħmar
- Moroccan Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
- North Levantine Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
- → Malay: himar
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡇𐡌𐡓 (ḥmārā)
- Aramaic: חְמָרָא (ḥmārā)
- Syriac: ܚܡܳܪܳܐ (ḥmārā, ḥemrā)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: חֲמוֹר (khamór, ḥămôr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎎𐎗 (ḥmr /ḥimāru/)
- Arabic: حِمَار (ḥimār)
- Old South Arabian:
- Sabaean: 𐩢𐩣𐩧 (ḥmr)
- Minaean: 𐩢𐩣𐩧 (ḥmr)
- Central Semitic: