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Mehri
ˀāyn - eye; spring of water; spy
(ML 38)
Reconstruction
PS
*ˁayn-
- eye
(SED I No. 28)
reflexes are applied throughout Semitic to designate ‘spring’ as source of water, s. Kogan 2011: 192