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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).
Reconstruction
PCS
*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).