Number: 2580
Proto-Semitic: *nVʕay-(t-) ~ *nayaʕ-
Meaning: udder, breast (of an animal)
Judaic Aramaic: nǝyāʕā, nīʕā 'fat-tail, rump, breast of an animal' [Ja 906]; nyʕ 'breast of an animal' [Sok 350]
Syrian Aramaic: nāʕā 'pectus' [Brock 434]
Arabic: nuʕnuʕat- (redupl.) 'gésier, jabot (d'oiseau)' [BK 2 1299].
Cf.a variant root nuɣnuɣ- 'gorge, canal de la gorge; cet endroit du cou du chameau qui remue lorsque le chameau rumine; collier du coq, plumes du cou chez le coq' [ibid. 1303]
Mehri: nǝʔīt 'udder' [JM 278].
Cf. suff. anǝʕyɛ́t-s 'her udder' [ibid.]
Jibbali: naʕét 'udder' [JJ 179]
Soqotri: nǝ́ʕǝh do. [JJ 179].
Leslau quotes níʔiḥ 'pis' [LS 254], where -ḥ must reflect -ʕ devoiced in Auslaut
Notes: *nVʕay-(t-) is likely an underlying form in MSA, and *nayaʕ-, in ARM.
Note a meaning shift in ARB; -u- is difficult to explain from the proto-form.
[LS 254]: SOQ, MSA, JUD
