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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/libb-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”). Cognate with Proto-Berber *ulβ (see Central Atlas Tamazight ⵓⵍ (ul) for more) and Egyptian jb.[1]

Noun

*libb- m

  1. heart

Inflection
Declension of *libb-
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *libbum *libbāna plural stem + *-ūna
Genitive *libbim *libbayna plural stem + *-īna
Accusative *libbam
possessive forms
1st person *libbī / *libbVya — *libbVni
2nd person m *libbVka *libbVkumā / *libbVkumay *libbVkum(ū)
2nd person f *libbVki *libbVkin(ā)
3rd person m *libbVšu *libbVšumā / *libbVšumay *libbVšum(ū)
3rd person f *libbVša *libbVšin(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: *libbuya for nom. case, *libbiya for gen. case, *libbaya for acc. case, etc.

Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *libb-
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *libbuka *libbāka plural stem + *-ūka
Genitive *libbika *libbayka plural stem + *-īka
Accusative *libbaka
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *libb-
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *libbuki *libbāki plural stem + *-ūki
Genitive *libbiki *libbayki plural stem + *-īki
Accusative *libbaki

Descendants
  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒊮 (libbum)
    • Eblaite: 𒇷𒅤 (li-bù /⁠libbu(m)⁠/)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: لُبّ (lubb)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: לִבָּא (libbā)
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎁 (lb /⁠libbu⁠/)
        • Old South Arabian:
          • Sabaean: 𐩡𐩨 (lb, “heart”), 𐩡𐩨𐩨 (lbb, “palm-heart”)
          • Minaean: 𐩡𐩨 (lb)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
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