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Root q-n-y

Classical Syriac ↔ Ugaritic

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

Classical Syriac

syc
root: q-n-y
  • ܩܢܝܐqanyāname
    Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)
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Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎖-𐎐-𐎊
  • 𐎖𐎐𐎊qnyverb
    to create, establish, found
  • 𐎖𐎐𐎊𐎚qnytnoun
    creatrix
Canonical root family: q-n-y