*hm: 'they two (3rd person dual pronoun)'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*hm
Meaning	'they two (3rd person dual pronoun)'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab hmy (Biella 112); du. nom. hmy, acc./gen. hmyt, hmt (SD 55)	Biella 112; SD 55	gloss withheld
Arabic	humā 'they two' (dual of huwa) (BK 2 1454; Freytag 4 406)	BK 2 1454; Freytag 4 406
Ugaritic	hm, obl. hmt (3rd p. pl./du. m.) (DULAT 335)	DULAT 335	gloss withheld

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Notes

Biella 112 sets Arabic humā beside the Sabaic, and the suffix -hmy 'them both, their' (3 du.) beside Arabic -humā. Sabaweb lemma 2826 reads six hmy as the interrogative 'whether'. Cf. 3279 *šumū̆ 'they (masc.)' and 3277 *šū̆ 'he'.

Updated 28 October 2026

*hm: 'they two (3rd person dual pronoun)'

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