Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕašt-

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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[edit]

Proto-Semitic numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: *ʕašt-

Numeral[edit]

*ʕašt-

  1. one

Usage notes[edit]

  • Supplanted in West Semitic by *ʔaḥad- (lone).
  • The feminine is formed with the rare feminine suffix *-ay-.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒁹 m (ištēn)
  • West Semitic:
  • Hurrian: 𐎛𐎘𐎚 (ỉṯt /⁠ašt⁠/), (possibly; potentially related to or otherwise developed from Proto-Hurro-Urartian *šu- (one, once) reconstructed from Hurrian 𒉻𒆠 (šuk-ki /⁠šukki⁠/) and Urartian 𒋗𒋛𒉌 (šu-si-ni /⁠šusini⁠/))

References[edit]

  • Wilson-Wright, Aren (2014), “The Word for 'One' in Proto-Semitic”, in Journal of Semitic Studies[1], volume 59, issue 1, →DOI, page 1–13.
  • Huehnergard, John (2019), “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61