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Old Aramaic
lyš - there is not
(DNWSI 576)
Reconstruction
PArm
*lāyṯ
- there is not
(Kogan 2015:399)
The fusion of *lā and *yīṯ(ay) is also attested in Akk. laššu (CAD L 108) and Arb. laysa (Lane 2684).