Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṭaḥan-

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

*ṭaḥan-

1. to grind, to crush

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/ṭaḥan- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*ṭaḥn-
active participle					*ṭāḥin-
passive participle					*ṭaḥīn-, *ṭaḥūn-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*ṭaḥanku	*ṭaḥanka	*ṭaḥana		*ṭaḥankayā	*ṭaḥankā	*ṭaḥanā		*ṭaḥanna	*ṭaḥankanu	*ṭaḥanū
	f		*ṭaḥanki	*ṭaḥanat				*ṭaḥanatā			*ṭaḥankina	*ṭaḥanā
imperfect	m	*ʔaṭḥan	*taṭḥan	*yiṭḥan		*taṭḥanā	*yaṭḥanā	*niṭḥan		*taṭḥanū	*yiṭḥanū
	f		*taṭḥanī	*taṭḥan			*taṭḥanā			*taṭḥanā	*yiṭḥanā
imperative	m		*ṭaḥan			*ṭaḥanā				*ṭaḥanū
	f		*ṭaḥanī							*ṭaḥanā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒄯 (ṭênum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana)
  • Northwest Semitic:
    • Aramaic: טְחֵן (təḥēn)
      • Classical Syriac: ܛܚܶܢ (təḥen)
    • Canaanite:
      • Hebrew: טָחַן (takhán, ṭāḥan)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎈𐎐 (ṭḥn /⁠ṭaḥana⁠/)
  • Southern Semitic:
    • Old South Arabian: 𐩷𐩢𐩬 (ṭḥn)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ጠሐነ (ṭäḥänä)
      • Harari: ጠሓና (ṭäḥana)
      • Tigrinya: ጠሓነ (ṭäḥanä)