Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/halak-

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

Verb

*halak-

1. to go

Inflection

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/halak- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*halk-
active participle					*hālik-
passive participle					*halīk-, *halūk-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*halakku	*halakka	*halaka		*halakkayā	*halakkā	*halakā		*halakna	*halakkanu	*halakū
	f		*halakki	*halakat				*halakatā			*halakkina	*halakā
imperfect	m	*ʔahlik	*tahlik	*yihlik		*tahlikā	*yahlikā	*nihlik		*tahlikū	*yihlikū
	f		*tahlikī	*tahlik			*tahlikā			*tahlikā	*yihlikā
imperative	m		*halik			*halikā				*halikū
	f		*halikī							*halikā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒁺 (alākum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, die”)
      • Bengali: হালাক (halak)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: הֲלֵךְ (hălēḵ)
        • Classical Syriac: ܗܠܶܟ (həleḵ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: הָלַךְ (halákh, hālaḵ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎋 (hlk /⁠halaka⁠/)