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Geez
zənām - rain
(CDG 641)
Reconstruction
PES
*zVnām
- rain
(Kogan 2015: 442–443)
original shape of the root is probably preserved in
Akk
, PES together with Sab
ḏnm
– must be due to dissimilation. Different directions of dissimilation in modern EthS (n >l, m > b) are phonetically unproblematic (Kogan 2015: 442-443)