Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔatān-

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

*ʔatān- f

1. female donkey, jenny

Inflection

Declension of *ʔatān-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ʔatānum	*ʔatānāna	*ʔatānātum
Genitive	*ʔatānim	*ʔatānayna	*ʔatānātim
Accusative	*ʔatānam
possessive forms
1st person	*ʔatānī / *ʔatānVya	—	*ʔatānVni
2nd person m	*ʔatānVka	*ʔatānVkumā / *ʔatānVkumay	*ʔatānVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*ʔatānVki		*ʔatānVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*ʔatānVšu	*ʔatānVšumā / *ʔatānVšumay	*ʔatānVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*ʔatānVša		*ʔatānVšin(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: *ʔatānuya for nom. case, *ʔatāniya for gen. case, *ʔatānaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔatān- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *ʔatānuka *ʔatānāka *ʔatānātuka Genitive *ʔatānika *ʔatānayka *ʔatānātika Accusative *ʔatānaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔatān- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *ʔatānuki *ʔatānāki *ʔatānātuki Genitive *ʔatāniki *ʔatānayki *ʔatānātiki Accusative *ʔatānaki

See also

• *ḥimār-

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒊩𒀲 (atānum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: أَتَان (ʔatān)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: אֲתָנָא (ʾăṯānā), אַתָּנָא (ʾattānā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: אָתוֹן ('atón, ʾāṯôn)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎚𐎐𐎚 (ảtnt /⁠ʔatānatu⁠/)

References

• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN