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

> Proto-Semitic *hm, 'they two (3rd person dual pronoun)': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## 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'.

## Linked from

- [H](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/h/index.md>)

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