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PWS
*ˁlg - to stammer
(SED I No. 2ᵥ; Conti 1990: 94)
Words
Ebla
a-a-gú li-sa-nu
- Sum. EME.LÁ (‘one with stammering tongue’)
(Conti 1990: 94)
Ugaritic
ˁlg
- tartamudear
(DLU 77)
Ugaritic
tˁlgt
- stammering
(Gordon 456)
Hebrew
ˁillēg
- stammerer
(HALOT 828)
Formed after the well-known ḳittēl pattern for adjectives denoting physical defects.
Arabic
ˁilǯ
- strong man; foreigner, non-Muslim
(BK 2 339, Lane 2128)
possibly related
Tigre
täˁalaǯäǯä
- to stammer
(WTS 454)