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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṭīn-
 | 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
*ṭīn- m
- clay
Inflection
Declension of *ṭīn-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ṭīnum | *ṭīnāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ṭīnim | *ṭīnayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ṭīnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ṭīnī / *ṭīnVya | — | *ṭīnVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ṭīnVka | *ṭīnVkumā / *ṭīnVkumay | *ṭīnVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ṭīnVki | *ṭīnVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ṭīnVšu | *ṭīnVšumā / *ṭīnVšumay | *ṭīnVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ṭīnVša | *ṭīnVšin(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: *ṭīnuya for nom. case, *ṭīniya for gen. case, *ṭīnaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ṭīn-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ṭīn-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅎 (ṭīdum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: طِين (ṭīn)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܛܝܼܢܵܐ (ṭīnā)
- → Israeli Hebrew: טִין (tín)
- Classical Syriac: ܛܝܼܢܵܐ (ṭīnā)
- Canaanite:
- Biblical Hebrew: טִיט (tit, ṭîṭ)
- Aramaic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Tigrinya: ጠየን (ṭäyän)
- Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: ṭayn
- Shehri: ṭun
- Central Semitic:
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 189