Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/gady-

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 *gad- (young male bovid). Cognate with Proto-Cushitic *gad- and Proto-Chadic *gad-.

Unrelated to Proto-Berber *e-ɣăyd, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳid-/*ḳayd- (whence Proto-Semitic *naḳad- and Proto-Omotic *ḳid-).

Noun

*gady- m

  1. young goat, kid

Inflection

Declension of *gady-
case singular dual plural
nominative *gadyum *gadyāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *gadyam *gadyayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *gadyim
possessive forms
1st person *gadyī / *gadyVya *gadyVni
2nd person m *gadyVka *gadyVkumā / *gadyVkumay *gadyVkum(ū)
2nd person f *gadyVki *gadyVkin(ā)
3rd person m *gadyVšu *gadyVšumā / *gadyVšumay *gadyVšum(ū)
3rd person f *gadyVša *gadyVšin(ā)

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: *gadyuya for nom. case, *gadyiya for gen. case, *gadyaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East-Semitic:
    • Akkadian: gadû
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: جَدْي (jady)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: גדיא / ܓܕܝܐ
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: גדי
          • Phoenician: 𐤂𐤃𐤀 (gdʾ)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎄𐎊 (gdy)