Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/wadaʕ-

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

Verb

*wadaʕ-

  1. to know

Inflection

Conjugation of *wadaʕ- (paʕala)
verbal noun *wadʕ-
active participle *wādiʕ-
passive participle *wadīʕ-, *wadūʕ-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *wadaʕku *wadaʕka *wadaʕa *wadaʕkayā *wadaʕkā *wadaʕā *wadaʕna *wadaʕkanu *wadaʕū
f *wadaʕki *wadaʕat *wadaʕatā *wadaʕkina *wadaʕā
imperfect m *ʔawdaʕ *tawdaʕ *yiwdaʕ *tawdaʕā *yawdaʕā *niwdaʕ *tawdaʕū *yiwdaʕū
f *tawdaʕī *tawdaʕ *tawdaʕā *tawdaʕā *yiwdaʕā
imperative m *wadaʕ *wadaʕā *wadaʕū
f *wadaʕī *wadaʕā

Derived terms

  • *šawdaʕ- (“to inform”)

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒍪 (edûm)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: wīḏa
      • Shehri: ʔedaʕ
      • Soqotri: ʔedaḥ

Further reading

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