motsam, pn. they, them, themselves (3pl fem pronoun)
etymology: Proto-Semitic *šinnā (> *hinnā) "3pl fem." + old pronominal oblique marker *-t (original oblique pronoun expanded to nominative use as well), with analogical reshaping/contamination, and later change in final vowel on analogy with 3sg fem. pronoun (cf. Heb. hēnnā) + reflex of *napš-ay-him "their[f.]-throats" > "their-breath" > "their-soul/self" (cf. Heb. nafšeyhen) with irregular developmentattestation: hmt = *əmmaθ; npš = *năfs-
related: maθ=
tags: pn