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ənsan - Mensch (human)
(RW 252)
Var. insan. Borrowed from Arabic, cf. insān ‘Mensch, menschliches Wesen’ (AWSG 48) add reference for ənsan
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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).