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*ṯVˁVl-, *ṯaˁlab- - fox
(SED II No. 237; Kogan 2011: 208)
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Akkadian
šēlebu
- fox
(CAD Š₂ 268, AHw. 1210)
Hebrew
šūˁāl
- fox; jackal
(HALOT 1445)
Deir Alla
š[ˁl]
- fox
(Hacket 1980 134)
Attested in the combination gry š[ˁl] ‘cubs of a fox’ (v. Hacket 1980 51 for some arguments in favor of this reconstruction).
Old Aramaic
šˁl
- fox, jackal
(DNWSI 1179)
Official Aramaic
tˀlh
- fox
(DNWSI 1179)
Also tˀrh.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
tˁl
- fox
(DJPA 587)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
taˁălā
- fox
(DJBA 1223)
Syriac
taˁlā
- fox
(LSyr. 830, SL 1657)
Mandaic
tala
- fox
(MD 478)
Mlaḥso
taˁlo
- Fuchs (fox)
(Jastrow 1994 191)
Turoyo
taˁlo
- fuchs (fox)
(RW 506)
Hertevin
teˀla
- Fuchs (fox)
(Jastrow 1988: 200)
Jilu
tala
- fox
(Fox 1997 144)
Arabic
ṯuˁāl-, ṯaˁlab-
- fox
(BK 1 225, Lane 237, 338)
Mehri
yəṯáyl
- fox
(ML 462)
Jibbali
iṯˁél
- fox
(JL 282)
Harsusi
yeṯáyl
- fox
(HL 148)