Comparative study - Noun endings
This page compares various noun end formations in different Semitic languages.
| Person | Singular/Dual/Plural and case | Hebrew | Ugaritic | Akkadian | Egyptian |
| Masculine | S - nom | - | -u | -um | - |
| Masculine | S - construct | - | -u | - | |
| Masculine | S - gen | | -i | -im | |
| Masculine | S - acc | | -a | -am | |
| Feminine | S - nom | -âh | -atu | -(a)t-um | -t |
| Feminine | S - construct | -at | -atu | -(a)t | |
| Feminine | S - gen | | -ati | -(a)t-im | |
| Feminine | S - acc | | -ata | -(a)t-am | |
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| Masculine | D - nom | -ayim | -âmi | -ân | -wy |
| Masculine | D - construct | -êy | -â | - | |
| Masculine | D - obl | | -êmi | -în | |
| Feminine | D - nom | -ôt | -atâmi | -(a)t-ân | -ty |
| Feminine | D - construct | -ôt | -atâ | -(a)t | |
| Feminine | D - obl | | -atêmi | -(a)t-în | |
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| Masculine | P - nom | -îym | -ûma | -û or -ânû | -w |
| Masculine | P - construct | -êy | -û | -û | |
| Masculine | P - obl | | -îma | -î or -ânî | |
| Feminine | P - nom | -ôt | -âtu | -ât-um | -wt |
| Feminine | P - construct | -ôt | -âtu | -ât | |
| Feminine | P - obl | | -âti | -ât-im | |
Notes
- In the above table, the Hebrew has been shown as-is, for example without the vocalisation of final -t as -th.
- Egyptian has two ways of showing the genitive: a direct form in which the word simply follows the main noun, and an indirect form with the two words linked by n. The second of these occasionally shows agreement in gender and number (MS ny, FS nyt, MP nyw, FP nywt) but this was largely dropped at an early stage.
- Egyptian has no construct forms.
