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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥalīb-
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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
Inflection
Declension of *ḥalīb-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ḥalībum | *ḥalībāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ḥalībim | *ḥalībayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ḥalībam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ḥalībī / *ḥalībVya | — | *ḥalībVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ḥalībVka | *ḥalībVkumā / *ḥalībVkumay | *ḥalībVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ḥalībVki | *ḥalībVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ḥalībVšu | *ḥalībVšumā / *ḥalībVšumay | *ḥalībVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ḥalībVša | *ḥalībVšin(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: *ḥalībuya for nom. case, *ḥalībiya for gen. case, *ḥalībaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ḥalīb-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ḥalīb-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒄭𒅋𒁍 (ḫilpu)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ማለብ (malāb, “to milk”)
- Ge'ez: ሐሊብ (ḥälib)
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