Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ramay-

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

*ramay-

to throw, to warp, to cast, to hurl, to shoot

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/ramay- (paʕala)

		singular				dual			plural
verbal noun					*ramy-
active participle					*rāmiy-
passive participle					ramīy-, ramūy-
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	*ramayku	*ramayka	*ramaya		*ramaykayā	*ramaykā	*ramayā	*ramayna	*ramaykanu	*ramayū
perfect	f	*ramayku	*ramayki	*ramayat		*ramaykayā	*ramaykā	*ramayatā	*ramayna	*ramaykina	*ramayā

imperfect	m	*ʔarmī	*tarmī	*yirmī			*tarmiyā	*yarmiyā	*nirmī	*tarmī	*yirmiyū
imperfect	f	*ʔarmī	*tarmī	*tarmī			*tarmiyā	*tarmiyā	*nirmī	*tarmiyā	*yirmiyā

imperative	m		*ramī				*ramiyā			*ramiyū
imperative	f		*ramī				*ramiyā			*ramiyā

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊏𒈬𒌋 (/ramûm/)
West Semitic
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: رَمَى‎ (ramā)
    - Maltese: rema
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic:
      - Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רְמָא‎ (rəmā)
      - Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡌࡀ‎ (/rəmā/)
      - Classical Syriac: ܪܡܰܐ‎ (rəmā)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: רָמָה‎ (ramá, rāmâ)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎎𐎊 (rmy /ramaya/)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Ge'ez: ረመየ (rämäyä)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 472
Olmo Lete, Gregorio del; Sanmartín, Joaquín; Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015), “Proto-Semitic/ramay-”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 730

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