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Indo-Semitic preserves the PSem dual and cases, unlike other Semitic languages. Notably, it shifted the head-initial grammar of Proto-Semitic to a more agglutinative and head-final grammar.
Indo-Semitic (placeholder name) preserves the PSem dual and cases, unlike other Semitic languages. Notably, it shifted the head-initial grammar of Proto-Semitic to a more agglutinative and head-final grammar.
==Nouns==
==Nouns==
Nouns have two genders, three numbers (the dual was retained from Proto-Semitic), and 8 to 10 cases depending on the dialect. The nominative, accusative and genitive were inherited from Proto-Semitic, and additional cases were formed by suffixing inflected pronouns (for example, ''beetilu'' 'the house (dative)' from ''*bayti-lahu'' 'the house (gen), for it').
Nouns have two genders, three numbers (the dual was retained from Proto-Semitic), and 8 to 10 cases depending on the dialect. The nominative, accusative and genitive were inherited from Proto-Semitic, and additional cases were formed by suffixing inflected pronouns (for example, ''beetilu'' 'the house (dative)' from ''*bayti-lahu'' 'the house (gen), for it').

Revision as of 18:00, 3 August 2019

Indo-Semitic (placeholder name) preserves the PSem dual and cases, unlike other Semitic languages. Notably, it shifted the head-initial grammar of Proto-Semitic to a more agglutinative and head-final grammar.

Nouns

Nouns have two genders, three numbers (the dual was retained from Proto-Semitic), and 8 to 10 cases depending on the dialect. The nominative, accusative and genitive were inherited from Proto-Semitic, and additional cases were formed by suffixing inflected pronouns (for example, beetilu 'the house (dative)' from *bayti-lahu 'the house (gen), for it').

The construct state was lost.

The cases are:

  • nominative
  • accusative
  • genitive
  • dative
  • lative~instrumental
  • locative
  • ablative
  • superessive

Masculine nouns: beet 'house'

  • nom beet, beetaam, beetuum
  • acc beeta, beetama, beetima
  • gen beeti, beetami, beetiimi
  • dat beetilu, beetallan, beetillen
  • lat/ins beetinu, beetannan, beetinnun
  • loc beetibu, beetabban, beetibbun
  • abl beetiminu, beetamminan, beetimminun
  • sup beetileu, beetallehan, beetillehun

Feminine nouns: šarrat 'queen'

  • nom šarrat, šarrataam, šarraat
  • acc šarrata, šarratama, šarraata
  • gen šarrati, šarratami, šarraati
  • dat šarratila, šarratallan, šarraatillun
  • lat/ins šarratina, šarratannan, šarraatinnun
  • loc šarratiba, šarratabban, šarraatibbun
  • abl šarratimina, šarratamminan, šarraatimminun
  • sup šarratilia, šarratallehan, šarraatillehun

-naft = emphatic