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*ˁayn- - eye
(SED I No. 28)
reflexes are applied throughout Semitic to designate ‘spring’ as source of water, s. Kogan 2011: 192
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Akkadian
īnu
- eye
(CAD I 153, AHw. 353)
Ebla
a-na-a
- eye
(Krebernik 1983, 27)
Ugaritic
ˁn
- eye
(DUL 168)
Ugaritic
ˁn
- to see
(DUL 167)
Amarna Canaanite
ḫe-na-ya (du., 1 pl. sff.)
- our eyes
(DNWSI 839)
Phoenician
ˁn, ˁyn
- eye, sight
(Tomback 1978: 252)
Hebrew
ˁayin
- eye, appearance, look; spring
(HALOT 817)
Samalian
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Deir Alla
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Old Aramaic
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Official Aramaic
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Biblical Aramaic
ˁēn- (suff.), ˁaynīn (pl.)
- eye
(HAL 1757)
Palmyrean
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Nabataean
ˁyn
- eye
(DNWSI 840)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˁayn
- eye
(DJPA 403)
det. ˁaynā
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
ˁyn, det. ˁynˀ
- eye
(DCPA 306)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˁaynā
- eye
(DJBA 855)
Syriac
ˁaynā
- eye; spring; bud, bulb; appearance, surface
(LSyr. 522, SL 1097)
Mandaic
aina
- eye
(MD 15, 348)
cstr. ˁin
Maalula
ˁayna
- Auge
(GNDM 4)
Mlaḥso
ˁayno
- Auge (eye)
(Jastrow 1994: 168)
Turoyo
ˁayno
- Auge; Quelle, Brunnen, Wasserhahn (eye; spring, well, tap)
(RW 5)
Arabic
ˁayn-
- eye
(Lane 2214, BK 2 425)
Sabaic
ˁyn
- eye
(SD 23)
Minaean
ˁyn
- eye
(LM 18)
Qatabanian
ˁyn
- sight
(LIQ 118)
Geez
ˁayn
- eye
(CDG 80)
Tigre
ˁən
- eye
(WTS 472)
Tigrinya
ˁayni
- eye
(TED 1913)
Amharic
ayn
- eye
(AED 1289)
Argobba
en
- eye
(Leslau 1997: 191)
Harari
īn
- eye
(EDH 27)
Chaha
en
- eye
(EDG 117)
Ezha
en
- eye
(EDG 117)
Muher
en
- eye
(EDG 117)
Masqan
en
- eye
(EDG 117)
Gogot
en
- eye
(EDG 117)
Soddo
in
- eye
(EDG 117)
Mehri
ˀāyn
- eye; spring of water; spy
(ML 38)
Jibbali
ˁíhn
- eye
(JL 20)