Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/paʔr-

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

*paʔr- m

1. mouse

Inflection

Declension of *paʔr-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*paʔrum	*paʔrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive	*paʔrim	*paʔrayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*paʔram
possessive forms
1st person	*paʔrī / *paʔrVya	—	*paʔrVni
2nd person m	*paʔrVka	*paʔrVkumā / *paʔrVkumay	*paʔrVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*paʔrVki		*paʔrVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*paʔrVšu	*paʔrVšumā / *paʔrVšumay	*paʔrVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*paʔrVša		*paʔrVšin(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: *paʔruya for nom. case, *paʔriya for gen. case, *paʔraya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *paʔr- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *paʔruka *paʔrāka plural stem + *-ūka Genitive *paʔrika *paʔrayka plural stem + *-īka Accusative *paʔraka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *paʔr- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *paʔruki *paʔrāki plural stem + *-ūki Genitive *paʔriki *paʔrayki plural stem + *-īki Accusative *paʔraki

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉾𒌉 (pērūrūtum, “mouse”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: فَأْر (faʔr)
      • Gulf Arabic: فار (far)
      • Maltese: far
      • Moroccan Arabic: فار (fār)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ፍርፍር (fərfər, “a kind of field mouse”)
    • Harari: فُوءْر (fūr)
    • Inor: ፉኡር (fuʾur)
    • Sebat Bet Gurage: ፉር (fur)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 63
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 109