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Root b-y-n

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —b-y-n↔ 𐎁-𐎊-𐎐. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: b-y-n
  • ܒܲܝܢܵܐbaynānoun
    appearance, apparition
  • ܒܹܝܢbēnprep
    between
  • ܒܲܝܢܲܝbaynayprefix
    inter-; between, amid, among
  • ܒܹܝܢܵܬ݂ܵܐbēnāṯāname
    Benatha (a historically Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Sapna valley)
  • ܒܲܝܢܲܝ ܐܘܼܡܬܵܢܵܝܵܐbaynay umtānāyāadj
    international (between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations)
  • ܒܹܝܢ ܡܲܪܙܲܦܬܵܐ ܘܣܲܕܵܢܵܐbēn marzaptā w-saddānāphrase
    literally “between the hammer and the anvil”, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎁-𐎊-𐎐
  • 𐎁𐎊𐎐𐎚byntnoun
    understanding
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Canonical root family: b-y-n