Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥāmiṣ́-

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

Active participle of *ḥamaṣ́- (“to be sour”).

Adjective

*ḥāmiṣ́-

  1. sour, acid to the taste sense

Inflection

Declension of *ḥāmiṣ́-
singular dual plural
m f m f m f
nominative *ḥāmiṣ́um *ḥāmiṣ́atum *ḥāmiṣ́āna *ḥāmiṣ́atāna *ḥāmiṣ́ūna *ḥāmiṣ́ātum
accusative *ḥāmiṣ́am *ḥāmiṣ́atam *ḥāmiṣ́ayna *ḥāmiṣ́atayna *ḥāmiṣ́īna *ḥāmiṣ́ātim
genitive *ḥāmiṣ́im *ḥāmiṣ́atim

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Eblaite: [script needed] (NINDA.AD₆ /⁠ʔà-mi-zum, ʔà-me-zum⁠/)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Jewish Literary Aramaic: חוּמְעָא (ḥūməʿā, “vinegar”)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: חֹמֶץ (khómets, ḥṓmeṣ, “vinegar”)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎎𐎕 (ḥmṣ /⁠ḥamiṣu⁠/, “vinegar”)
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