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Root n-š-ʾ

Arabic Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —n-š-ʾ𐎐-𐎌-𐎀. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

ar
root: n-š-ʾ
  • نِطْعniṭʕnoun
    a piece of lamb leather washed and tanned so one can sit on it, recline on it, play boardgames on it, eat on it, or form a sack from it by pulling a cord; executioners used it to collect the blood of the decapitated
  • نُطِعَnuṭiʕaverb
    to change the color into a pale one
  • أَنْشَأَʔanšaʔaverb
    to create, to establish, to found
  • نَشَاءnašāʔnoun
    verbal noun of نَشَأَ (našaʔa) (form I)
  • مُنْشَأَةmunšaʔanoun
    facility
  • اِنْشَأْنَinšaʔnaverb
  • اِنْشَئِيinšaʔīverb

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎐-𐎌-𐎀
  • 𐎐𐎌𐎀nšảverb
    to raise, lift up
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Canonical root family: n-š-ʾ