Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kabkab-

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

*kabkab- m

1. star

Inflection

Declension of *kabkab-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kabkabum	*kabkabāna	plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive	*kabkabim	*kabkabayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*kabkabam
possessive forms
1st person	*kabkabī / *kabkabVya	—	*kabkabVni
2nd person m	*kabkabVka	*kabkabVkumā / *kabkabVkumay	*kabkabVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*kabkabVki		*kabkabVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*kabkabVšu	*kabkabVšumā / *kabkabVšumay	*kabkabVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*kabkabVša		*kabkabVšin(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: *kabkabuya for nom. case, *kabkabiya for gen. case, *kabkabaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *kabkab- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *kabkabuka *kabkabāka plural stem + *-ūka Genitive *kabkabika *kabkabayka plural stem + *-īka Accusative *kabkabaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *kabkab- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *kabkabuki *kabkabāki plural stem + *-ūki Genitive *kabkabiki *kabkabayki plural stem + *-īki Accusative *kabkabaki

Reconstruction notes

Like *ḳarḳar- (“ground, floor”), originally from a disyllabic root. In many reflexes a dissimilation *b-b > *w-b occurred.

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒀯 (kakkabum)
  • Eblaite: 𒆕𒅗𒁍 (/⁠kakkab⁠/)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: كَوْكَب (kawkab)
      • Maltese: kewkba
      • Moroccan Arabic: كوكب (kawkab, kūkab)
      • → Persian: کوکب (kowkab)
        • → Hindustani:

          Urdu: کَوکَب (kaukab)

    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:

        Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כּוֹכְּבָא (kōkəḇā)

        • Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡊࡁ (kukb-)
        • Classical Syriac: ܟܱ݁ܘܟ݁ܒܳܐ (kawkəḇā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Amorite: [script needed] (kabkabum)
        • Biblical Hebrew: כּוֹכָב (kôḵāḇ)
          • Hebrew: כּוֹכָב (kokháv)
        • Phoenician: 𐤊𐤊𐤁 (kkb), 𐤊𐤁𐤊𐤁 (kbkb)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎁𐎋𐎁 (kbkb /⁠kabkabu⁠/)
    • Old South Arabian
      • Old South Arabian: 𐩫𐩥𐩫𐩨 (kwkb)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ኮከብ (kokäb)
    • Ge'ez: ኮከብ (kokäb)
    • Tigrinya: ዃኾብ (xʷaxob)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: kabkīb
    • Shehri: kebkeb, kobkob
    • Soqotri: kebkeb, kobkob