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mp.
fp.
Table 2 - Changes in the Noun from PH to TH - Possible Special Cases
*PH
EBHP
PTH
TH
(c. 1200 BCE)
*/EBHP/
/EBHP/+ *[EBHP]
*/PTH/
+ *[PTH]
/TH/ + *[TH]
(c. 850-550 BCE)
(c. 400 CE)
(c. 850 CE)
*/muquṭṭaˈlῑma/ *[mʊqʊṭṭaːˈlɐː] */məquṭṭaːˈlῑm/ *[məquṭṭɔːˈlɔː]
*/muquṭṭaˈlōtu/ */muquṭṭaːˈlῑm/ */məquṭṭaːˈlōt/ /məquṭṭåˈlim/
*/muquṭṭaːˈlōt/
/məquṭṭåˈlot/
Comments
Biblical Hebrew
grammatical
analogy in which fs,
mp., fp. forms
based on new
EBHP ms. form.
קטל√‏
Hofal
ms.
*/məˈhuqṭalu/ >
*/məhuqˈṭalu/
*/muqˈṭaːl/
*[mʊqˈṭaːl] OR
*[mo̞ qˈṭaːl]
*/muqˈṭaːl/
*[muqˈṭaːl] OR
*[moqˈṭaːl]
ˈ טָטלָטלָטלָ‏ ל מֻ‏ קְ‏
/muqˈṭål/ *[muqˈṭɔːl]
OR
טָטלָטלָטלָ‏ ל מָ‏ קְ‏ ˈ
/mǫqˈṭål/ *[mɔqˈṭɔːl]
fs.
Form
1
Fs.
Form
2
*/məhuqˈṭalatu/ >
*/məhuqṭaˈlatu/
*/məhuqˈṭalatu/ >
*/məhuqˈṭaltu/
*/muqṭaˈlâ/
*[mʊqṭɐˈlɐː] OR
*[mo̞ qṭɐˈlɐː]
*/muqˈṭalt/
*[mʊqˈṭɐlt]
*/muqṭaːˈlâ/
*/muqˈṭelet/
/muqṭåˈlå/
*[muqṭɔːˈlɔː]
OR
/mǫqṭåˈlå/
*[mɔqṭɔːˈlɔː]
/muqˈṭɛlɛt/
*[muqˈṭɛːlɛθ]
OR
/mǫqˈṭɛlɛt/
Assumes that, in
feminine and plural
forms, */a/ > /aː/
due to pretonic
lengthening, i.e.
c. 300 BCE.
*[mɔqˈṭɛːlɛθ]
1./muqṭåˈlim/
mp.
*/məuqṭaˈlῑma/
*/muqṭaˈlῑm/
*[mʊqṭɐˈliːm]
*/muqṭaːˈlῑm/
*[muqṭɔːˈliːm]
OR
2./mǫqṭåˈlim/
*[mɔqṭɔːˈliːm]
fp. */mәhuqṭaˈlōtu /
*/muqṭaˈlōt/
*[mʊqṭɐˈloːt]
*/muqṭaːˈlōt/
1./muqṭåˈlōt/
*[muqṭɔːˈloːθ]
OR
2./mǫqṭåˈlōt/