Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯ̣amiʔ-

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ṯ̣amiʔ-

to thirst

Inflection

Conjugation of *ṯ̣amiʔ- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*ṯ̣amʔ-
active participle					*ṯ̣āmiʔ-
passive participle					ṯ̣amīʔ-, ṯ̣amūʔ-
		singular				dual			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	*ṯ̣amaʔku	*ṯ̣amaʔka	*ṯ̣amaʔa		*ṯ̣amaʔkayā	*ṯ̣amaʔkā	*ṯ̣amaʔā	*ṯ̣amaʔna	*ṯ̣amaʔkanu	*ṯ̣amaʔū
perfect	f	*ṯ̣amaʔku	*ṯ̣amaʔki	*ṯ̣amaʔat		*ṯ̣amaʔkayā	*ṯ̣amaʔkā	*ṯ̣amaʔatā	*ṯ̣amaʔna	*ṯ̣amaʔkina	*ṯ̣amaʔā
imperfect	m	*ʔaṯ̣maʔ	*taṯ̣maʔ	*yiṯ̣maʔ			*taṯ̣maʔā	*yaṯ̣maʔā	*niṯ̣maʔ	*taṯ̣maʔū	*yiṯ̣maʔū
imperfect	f	*ʔaṯ̣maʔ	*taṯ̣maʔī	*taṯ̣maʔ			*taṯ̣maʔā	*taṯ̣maʔā	*niṯ̣maʔ	*taṯ̣maʔā	*yiṯ̣maʔā
imperative	m		*ṯ̣amaʔ				*ṯ̣amaʔā			*ṯ̣amaʔū
imperative	f		*ṯ̣amaʔī				*ṯ̣amaʔā			*ṯ̣amaʔā

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: [script needed] (ṣamû)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: צָמֵא (tsamé)
    - Ugaritic: [script needed] (ġmʔ)
  - Old South Arabian:
    - Old South Arabian: 𐩼𐩣𐩱 (ẓmʾ)
- Modern South Arabian:
  - Mehri: ẓayme
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Amharic: ጠማ- (ṭämma-)
  - Ge'ez: ጸምአ (ṣämʾä)
  - Tigre: ጸምኣ (ṣämʾa)
  - Tigrinya: ጸምኤ (ṣämʾe)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 557a