Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḥaṣ́an-

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ḥaṣ́an-

  1. to nurse, raise, rear
  2. to hug, embrace

Inflection

Conjugation of *ḥaṣ́an- (paʕala)
verbal noun *ḥiṣ́n-
active participle *ḥāṣ́in-
passive participle *ḥaṣ́īn-, *ḥaṣ́ūn-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *ḥaṣ́anku *ḥaṣ́anka *ḥaṣ́ana *ḥaṣ́ankayā *ḥaṣ́ankā *ḥaṣ́anā *ḥaṣ́anna *ḥaṣ́ankanu *ḥaṣ́anū
f *ḥaṣ́anki *ḥaṣ́anat *ḥaṣ́anatā *ḥaṣ́ankina *ḥaṣ́anā
imperfect m *ʔaḥṣ́an *taḥṣ́an *yiḥṣ́an *taḥṣ́anā *yaḥṣ́anā *niḥṣ́an *taḥṣ́anū *yiḥṣ́anū
f *taḥṣ́anī *taḥṣ́an *taḥṣ́anā *taḥṣ́anā *yiḥṣ́anā
imperative m *ḥaṣ́an *ḥaṣ́anā *ḥaṣ́anū
f *ḥaṣ́anī *ḥaṣ́anā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: [script needed] (ḫaṣānu, embrace)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Classical Syriac: ܚܢܐ (ḥannā)
        • Canaanite
          • Hebrew: חֹצֶן (ħóṣen)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: ኣጠነ (ʾaṭänä)
      • Ge'ez: ሐፀነ (ḥäṣ́änä)
      • Tigrinya: ሓጸነ (ḥaṣänä)

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 226, [1]