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*ṣ̂aˀn- - small cattle
(SED II No. 219; Kogan 2011: 205)
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Akkadian
ṣēnu
- small cattle
(CAD Ṣ 128, AHw. 1090)
Ugaritic
ṣˀin
- ewe, small cattle
(DUL 775)
Amarna Canaanite
ṣú-ú-nu
- small cattle, sheep
(DNWSI 954)
Phoenician
ṣˀn
- sheep
(Tomback 1978 274, Krahmalkov 2000 411)
Hebrew
ṣō(ˀ)n
- flocks (sheep and goats)
(HALOT 992)
Ammonite
ṣˀn
- small cattle, sheep
(DNWSI 954)
Moabite
ṣˀn
- small cattle, sheep
(DNWSI 954)
Official Aramaic
ḳn
- small cattle, sheep
(DNWSI 954)
Demotic Aramaic
γn
- flocks
(DNWSI 1263)
Palmyrean
ˁn
- small cattle, sheep
(DNWSI 954)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˁān
- sheep, flock of sheep
(DJPA 411)
pl. ˁānīn
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˁānā
- small cattle
(DJBA 871)
Syriac
ˁānā
- flock; sheep; herd
(LSyr. 533, SL 1114)
Mandaic
aḳna
- sheep
(MD 34)
Also ana ‘sheep’ (MD 24). The development *ṣ̂ > ḳ im Mandaic is unusual though not without precedent.
Maalula
ˁōna
- small cattle
(GNDM 4)
Turoyo
ˁwono
- Schaf (sheep)
(RW 24)
Arabic
ḍaˀn-
- small cattle
(BK 2 2, Lane 1760)
Sabaic
ṣ̂ˀn
- small cattle
(SD 40)
Minaean
ṣ̂ˀn
- small cattle
(LM 30)