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*ˀinš- - man, person
(Kogan 2015: 177, 382)
Loss of -n- in Hbr., Arm. and Sab. (presumably, *ˀinš->*ˀĩš->ˀīš) remains problematic in spite of the obvious presence of -n- in the Hebrew plural form ˀănāšīm (constr. ˀanšē).
Words
Ugaritic
ˀinš
- people
(DUL 84)
Phoenician
ˀš
- man
(DNWSI 115–121)
Hebrew
ˀīš
- man
(HALOT 43)
pl. ˀănāšīm
Moabite
ˀš
- man
(DNWSI 115–121)
Samalian
ˀnš
- mankind
(DNWSI 84)
Samalian
ˀš
- man
(DNWSI 115)
pl. ˀnšy
Deir Alla
ˀnš
- people, mankind
(DNWSI 84‒85)
Old Aramaic
br ˀnš
- someone
(DNWSI 84‒85)
Old Aramaic
ˀš
- man
(DNWSI 115–121)
pl. ˀnšn
Official Aramaic
ˀnš
- man, person; people, mankind
(DNWSI 115‒121)
Official Aramaic
ˀš, ˀyš
- man
(DNWSI 115–121)
pl. ˀnšn
Turoyo
ənsan
- Mensch (human)
(RW 252)
Var. insan. Borrowed from Arabic, cf. insān ‘Mensch, menschliches Wesen’ (AWSG 48) add reference for ənsan
Arabic
ˀins-
- mankind
(
Lane
114)
Arabic
ˀinsān-
- man
(Lane 114)
pl. ˀunās-, nās-
Sabaic
ˀns₁
- man, male, husband, warrior
(SD 6)
Sabaic
ˀys₁, ˀs₁
- man, male, warrior
(SD 10)
The plene spelling of the word is enigmatic (according to Stein 2003, 56, not in Old Sabaic).
Minaean
ˀns₁
- personne de sexe masculin (male person, man)
(LM 6)
Qatabanian
ˀns₁
- person, someone, one, each; friend, companion
(LIQ 13)
Qatabanian
ˀs₁
- man, someone, one
(LIQ 16)