The feminine endings *-ay and *-ay in Semitic and Berber

The feminine endings *-ay and *-ay in Semitic and Berber

Author: 
van Putten, Marijn
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Date published: 
2018
Record type: 
Journal article
Region: 
Northern Africa
Journal Title: 
Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African studies
Source: 
Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 31, N0. 2, June 2018 pp. 205-226
Subject: 
BERBER
Afro-Asiatic
Historical linguistics
Berbero-Semitic
Feminine suffix
SEMITIC
Abstract: 

This paper examines the evidence for the marginal feminine endings *-ay- and *-ay- in Proto-Semitic, and the feminine endings *-e and *-a in Proto-Berber. Their similar formation (*CV CC-ay/ay), semantics (verbal abstracts, underived concrete feminine nouns) and plural morphology (replacement of the feminine suffix by a plural suffix with -w-) suggest that this feminine formation should be reconstructed to a shared ancestor which may be called Proto-Berbero-Semitic.

Language: 
English
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X18000447

CITATION: van Putten, Marijn. The feminine endings *-ay and *-ay in Semitic and Berber . : Cambridge University Press , 2018. Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 31, N0. 2, June 2018 pp. 205-226 - Available at: https://library.au.int/feminine-endings-ay-and-ay-semitic-and-berber