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Arabic
ǯanāzat-, ǯināzat- - corpse, dead man
(BK 1 339)
ǯnz ‘être placé sur le brancard’ (se dit du cadavre) ‘
Reconstruction
PS
*gVn(ā)z(-at)-
- (dead) body, back (of body)
(SED I No. 87)
Apparently related to (derived from?) this root is Sem. *gnz ‘to wrap up the corpse, to prepare a body for funerals’