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*byt - to spend the night
(CDG 116; DUL 244)
probably denominative from
*bayt-
- ‘house’
Words
Akkadian
bâtu
- to stay overnight, spend the night; to delay
(CAD B 169; AHw 124)
biātu, biādu
Ugaritic
bt
- to stay the night
(DUL 244)
Biblical Aramaic
byt
- to spend the night
(HALOT 1833)
Syriac
bwt
- to spend the night, lodge
(LSyr. 63; SL 132)
Mandaic
but
- to spend night, lodge, tarry
(MD 57)
Arabic
byt
- to spend the night; to do sth at night
(Lane 279)
Geez
betata
- to persevere, persist, last, stay
(CDG 113)
reduplicated root
byt
Tigre
beta
- to pass the night (without supper)
(WTS 294)
Jibbali
ebyét
- to spend the night
(JL 32)