Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯalg-

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

*ṯalg- m

1. snow

Inflection

Declension of *ṯalg-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ṯalgum	*ṯalgāna	plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive	*ṯalgim	*ṯalgayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*ṯalgam
possessive forms
1st person	*ṯalgī / *ṯalgVya	—	*ṯalgVni
2nd person m	*ṯalgVka	*ṯalgVkumā / *ṯalgVkumay	*ṯalgVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*ṯalgVki		*ṯalgVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*ṯalgVšu	*ṯalgVšumā / *ṯalgVšumay	*ṯalgVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*ṯalgVša		*ṯalgVšin(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: *ṯalguya for nom. case, *ṯalgiya for gen. case, *ṯalgaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ṯalg- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *ṯalguka *ṯalgāka plural stem + *-ūka Genitive *ṯalgika *ṯalgayka plural stem + *-īka Accusative *ṯalgaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ṯalg- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *ṯalguki *ṯalgāki plural stem + *-ūki Genitive *ṯalgiki *ṯalgayki plural stem + *-īki Accusative *ṯalgaki

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: ثَلْج (ṯalj)
      • Egyptian Arabic: تلج (talg)
      • Gulf Arabic: ثلج (ṯalj)
      • Hijazi Arabic: ثلج (talj)
      • Maltese: silġ
      • Moroccan Arabic: تلج (talj)
      • → Dongolawi: tɛlığ
      • → Malay: salji, salju
        • Indonesian: salju
      • → Javanese: ꦱꦭ꧀ꦗꦸ (salju)
      • Ottoman Turkish: ثلج (selc)
        • Turkish: selc
      • → Sundanese: ᮞᮜ᮪ᮏᮥ (salju)
      • → Swahili: theluji
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:

        Hebrew script: תַּלְגָּא (talgā)

        Syriac script: ܬܱ݁ܠܓܳܐ (talgā)

      • Canaanite
        • Hebrew: שֶׁלֶג (shéleg, šéleḡ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎍𐎘 (glṯ /⁠galṯu⁠/)
• → Egyptian: (sꜣrꜣqw)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Phonetics and Phonology”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 55