Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kariś-

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

*kariś- f

1. paunch, belly

Inflection

Declension of *kariś-

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kariśum	*kariśāna	*kariśātum
Genitive	*kariśim	*kariśayna	*kariśātim
Accusative	*kariśam
possessive forms
1st person	*kariśī / *kariśVya	—	*kariśVni
2nd person m	*kariśVka	*kariśVkumā / *kariśVkumay	*kariśVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*kariśVki		*kariśVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*kariśVšu	*kariśVšumā / *kariśVšumay	*kariśVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*kariśVša		*kariśVšin(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: *kariśuya for nom. case, *kariśiya for gen. case, *kariśaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *kariś- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *kariśuka *kariśāka *kariśātuka Genitive *kariśika *kariśayka *kariśātika Accusative *kariśaka Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *kariś- Singular Dual Plural Nominative *kariśuki *kariśāki *kariśātuki Genitive *kariśiki *kariśayki *kariśātiki Accusative *kariśaki

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒍜𒊮 (karšum, “innards; stomach; epigastrium; rumen”)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: كَرِش (kariš, “rumen, fack”)
      • Gulf Arabic: كَرْش (karš, “paunch”)
      • Maltese: kirxa
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:

        Classical Syriac: ܟܱ݁ܪܣܳܐ (karsā)

        Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַּרְסָא (karsā)

      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: כָּרֵשׂ (kārēś, “belly”), כֶּרֶס (kéres, “belly”)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎗𐎒 (krs /⁠karisu⁠/, “stomach, belly”)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ከርሥ (kärś, “belly, womb”)