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Root ʾ-y-t

Classical Syriac ↔ Phoenician

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ʾ-y-t↔ 𐤀-𐤉-𐤕. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

syc
root: ʾ-y-t
  • ܐܝܬʾīṯverb
    there is/are
  • ܐܝܬܝܐnoun
    essence, entity, being, existing, substance
  • ܐܝܬܘܬܐnoun
    essence, substance

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤀-𐤉-𐤕
  • 𐤀𐤉𐤕
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Canonical root family: ʾ-y-t