Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/śaʕr-

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

Noun

*śaʕr- m

hair

Inflection

Declension of *śaʕr-
case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*śaʕrum	*śaʕrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
accusative	*śaʕram	*śaʕrayna	plural stem + *-īna
genitive	*śaʕrim	*śaʕrayna	plural stem + *-īna

possessive forms
1^st person	śaʕrī / śaʕrVya	—	*śaʕrVni
2^nd person m	*śaʕrVka	śaʕrVkumā / śaʕrVkumay	*śaʕrVkum(ū)
2^nd person f	*śaʕrVki	śaʕrVkumā / śaʕrVkumay	*śaʕrVkin(ā)
3^rd person m	*śaʕrVšu	śaʕrVšumā / śaʕrVšumay	*śaʕrVšum(ū)
3^rd person f	*śaʕrVša	śaʕrVšumā / śaʕrVšumay	*śaʕrVšin(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: *śaʕruya for nom. case, *śaʕriya for gen. case, *śaʕraya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊬𒌈 f (šārtum)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: شَعْر m (šaʕr)
    - Gulf Arabic: شعر (šaʕar)
    - Maltese: xagħar
    - Moroccan Arabic: شعر (šʕar), شعرة (šaʕra)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic:
      - Classical Syriac: ܣܰܥܪܳܐ m (saʿrā)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: שֵׂעָר m (se'ár, śēʿār)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎓𐎗𐎚 (šʿrt /⁠šaʿratu⁠/, “wool”)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - >? Amharic: ፀጉር (ṣ́ägur)
  - Ge'ez: ሥዕርት (śəʕərt), ስዕርት (səʕərt), >? ጸጕር (ṣägʷr)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991), “page 525a, 550b”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 525, 550