18. Northwest Semitic in General

Gzella, Holger; Weninger, Stefan

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“…Another phonological feature that stands out in this subgroup of names is that in none of these names is the final triphthong of the 3‐weak verbs represented (see ṣmdʿ (√DʿW); and ṣmrʾ (√RʾY)), which sets the language of these names apart from both Safaitic and Dadanitic (Jallad, : 121; Sima, : 93–94) and might place it closer to NWS varieties that did collapse the final triphthongs in III‐weak verbs (Gzella, : 444)…”

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“…Since there is no evidence for the use of matres lectionis in Taymanitic this probably reflects a suffix /‐ay/ similar to that found in Canaanite and Aramaic (which became ‐ ē in Hebrew and some forms of Aramaic); cf. Hebrew malkē ‘kings of’(Gzella, : 440). There is only one example of a construct plural in Taymanitic, however, making it difficult to draw any firm conclusions on it.…”

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The Taymanitic onomasticon

Kootstra

2017

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The Taymanitic inscriptions, written in the c. mid-sixth century BCE, largely consist of personal names. While personal names cannot inform us directly on the language or ethnicity of their bearers, name-giving practices do reflect a choice made by the person bestowing it on someone. This article will focus on the personal names of the inscriptions; what they can tell us about their linguistic and cultural background, and how this might inform us on the cultural heritage of the authors of the Taymanitic inscriptions.

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Kootstra

2017

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Moses the Egyptian? A Reassessment of the Etymology of the Name “Moses”

Schneider

2023

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

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(Northwest) Semitic sg. **CVCC*-, pl. **CVCaC-ū-*: Broken plural or regular reflex?

Suchard

Groen

2021

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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This paper provides a new explanation for the insertion of *a in plural forms of *CVCC- nouns also formed with an external plural suffix, e.g. *ʕabd- : *ʕabad-ū- ‘servant(s)’, in various Semitic languages. This *CVCaC-ū- pattern is usually considered to be a remnant of the Proto-Semitic broken plural system in Northwest Semitic, but we show that it goes back to Proto-Semitic in this form. Internal evidence from Semitic as well as comparative evidence from Afroasiatic points towards a pre-Proto-Semitic plural suffix *-w- underlying the external plural suffixes. This suffix created a consonant cluster in the plural of *CVCC- nouns, triggering epenthesis of *a. As the prime example of broken plural formation in Northwest Semitic thus seems to be purely suffixal in origin, we conclude by briefly considering the implications for the history of nominal pluralization in Semitic.

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18. Northwest Semitic in General

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The Taymanitic onomasticon

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Moses the Egyptian? A Reassessment of the Etymology of the Name “Moses”

(Northwest) Semitic sg. **CVCC*-, pl. **CVCaC-ū-*: Broken plural or regular reflex?

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Moses the Egyptian? A Reassessment of the Etymology of the Name “Moses”

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(Northwest) Semitic sg. **CVCC*-, pl. **CVCaC-ū-*: Broken plural or regular reflex?