Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 3132

Proto-Semitic: nḳs

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: be dry

Arabic: nḳs

Geʕez (Ethiopian): nḳs

Tigrai (Tigriñña): nǝk_̣us 'dry'

Notes: LGz 400

Number: 3133

Proto-Semitic: *ḳaŝVʕ-

Meaning: dry

Arabic: ḳašiʕ- 'sec, desséché' (BK 2 743)

Mehri: ḳayŝaʕ

Jibbali: ḳǝŝaʕun

Harsusi: ḳōŝa

Soqotri: ḳeŝaʕ

Number: 3134

Proto-Semitic: *baḳʷal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: plant, vegetation

Harsusi: beḳelēt 'egg'

Notes: LGz 100

Number: 3135

Proto-Semitic: *(ʔan-)ḳʷaḳʷVḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: egg

Syrian Aramaic: ḳawḳiḥ 'clamavit (gallina)' [Brock 656] (?)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔanḳoḳḥo, ʔanḳoḳʷǝho, ʔǝnḳoḳʷǝho, ʔanḳoḳǝḥo, ʔǝnḳoḳǝho [LGz 31]

Tigre: ʔǝnḳoḳḥo [LH 372], ḳoḳaḥ 'frankoline partridge' [ibid. 248]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔǝnk_̣ʷak_̣ʷǝḥo

Gafat: anḳʷä

Harari: aḳuḥ

East Ethiopic: Wol. ǝnḳaḳot

Gurage: Sod. anḳo

Number: 3136

Proto-Semitic: *bayt_̣-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: egg

Arabic: bayẓat- 'ouefs des fourmi' CHECK

Mehri: bēd_̣áyt

Jibbali: béd_̣

Harsusi: bēd_̣eh

Number: 3137

Proto-Semitic: *ṣlḥ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be or do well, be successful

Mehri: ṣáyleḥ 'fat', ṣáyleḥ 'to be fat' and haṣlēḥ 'to improve in health, change for the better' (JM 363)

Harsusi: ṣáyleḥ 'fat'

Notes: HAL 1026

Number: 3138

Proto-Semitic: *mrṭ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to pluck, pull out hair

Akkadian: marāṭu 'to rub, scratch' (CAD M 276) with a meaning shift?

Hebrew: mrṭ 'to pull out hair, depilate' (HAL 635)

Syrian Aramaic: merṭ- 'feather'

Arabic: mrṭ 'arracher le poil' (BK 2 1092); cf. also marīṭ- 'qui n'est pas encore garni de plumes (flèche)' ibid.)

Number: 3139

Proto-Semitic: *ŝiwāṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: fire

Syrian Aramaic: sāṭ 'ê. enflammé' (not in Brock.)

Arabic: šiwāṭ- (BK 1288)

Mehri: ŝīwōṭ

Jibbali: ŝoṭ

Soqotri: ŝiyaṭ

Number: 3140

Proto-Semitic: *prŝ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to spread out

Akkadian: naprušu AHw 740

Notes: HAL 975

Number: 3142

Proto-Semitic: *ḳdm

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to precede, be in front

Arabic: ḳadam- 'le premier pas; pas; pied' (BK 2 691]

Modern Arabic: Mec. gadam 'foot' < *ḳadam

Number: 3143

Proto-Semitic: *ytn ~ *ntn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: give

Ugaritic: ytn

Phoenician: ytn (n-tn)

Hebrew: ntn

Aramaic: Pal. ntn

Biblical Aramaic: ntn

Mandaic Aramaic: ntn

Number: 3144

Proto-Semitic: *(y/w)šṭw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to hold out, give/take

Amharic: säṭṭä 'give'

Harari: säṭä 'give'

Notes: LGz 520

Number: 3145

Proto-Semitic: *dmḳ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be pleasing, good, beautiful

Akkadian: damḳ- 'good'

Notes: DRS 276; LGz 135

Number: 3146

Proto-Semitic: *nʕm

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be good

Ugaritic: nʕm 'good'

Phoenician: nʕm 'good'

Number: 3147

Proto-Semitic: *špr

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be beautiful, clean; to shine

Syrian Aramaic: šappīr-

Modern Aramaic: Urm. šapīr-

Number: 3148

Proto-Semitic: *ḥsn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be strong and good

Hebrew: ḥăsīn 'strong' (HAL 338)

Judaic Aramaic: cf. ḥsn (Itpa.) 'to be fully compensated' (Ja. 489)

Syrian Aramaic: ḥasīn- 'firmus, robustus', ḥsn (Etpe.) 'superatus est' (Brock. 248)

Arabic: ḥasan- 'beau, joli; bon, excellent' BK 1 428; cf. Arb. ḥisnat- 'salaire, prix du travail' (BK 1 428) -- "bonus"?

Tigre: ḥäsnä 'to talk and do good' (LH 73) < Arb.?

Mehri: ḥássǝn 'to improve in health' (JM 189; marked as Arabism); cf. ḥǝsǝnēt 'heavenly reward' (JM 189; an Arabism?)

Jibbali: C. Jib. aḥsín 'to be kind to so.', aḥtsín 'to improve', s̃ḥɛsín 'to think so. or st. good' (JJ 116) < Arb.? Cf. E. Jib. ḥǝsǝnēt 'heavenly reward' (JM 189; an Arabism?)

Number: 3149

Proto-Semitic: *ṣdḳ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be just, true

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ṣdḳ 'good'?

Number: 3150

Proto-Semitic: *ŝny

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be good, fit

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ŝanāy 'good'

Tigre: sänni 'good'

Mehri: meŝnâ 'fitness, efficiency' quoted in LGz after Bittner, but having a different meaning in JM

Notes: LGz 532

Number: 3151

Proto-Semitic: *gnn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to grow abundant, numerous

Arabic: ǯnn 'grandir et se développer dans une riche végétation, être abondant et touffu (se dit des plantes, des herbes)' (BK 1 331-2)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): gänänä 'to be lucky, fortunate' (Kane T 2316)

Notes: LGz 198, cf. DRS 147

Number: 3152

Proto-Semitic: *(w)kw/y(kw/y)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to be good, brilliant, shine

Akkadian: akukūtu 'red glow in the sky' (also 'flame, blaze' CAD A1 285)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): wākaya 'to shine, be brilliant', etc. (LGz 612)

Gurage: wäk_e // Controversially commented in LGur 650 as "perhaps a phonetic variant of wäge", in its turn commented as "perhaps a phonetic variant of wäk_e...coming from *wäke" (ibid. 646)