ʾ n k
21 lemmas · 8 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.3.10
Themes:tin·3ingl·3case·2vertical·2ziyy·2
POS shape:noun·6pronoun·4adj·4pron·2name·2conj·1adv·1verb·1
This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ʾ-n-kProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎀𐎐𐎋𐎀 𐎐 𐎋— I
Canaanite
Hebrewאֲנָכִיא נ ך— vertical
Phoenician𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤀 𐤍 𐤊— I
Punic𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤀 𐤍 𐤊— I
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאנכאא נ כ— tin
Syriacܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐܐ ܢ ܟ— tin, white lead
Assyrian NAܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐܐ ܢ ܟ— tin (a malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn)
Arabic
Arabicأَنْكَفِفْء ن ك
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- IInherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 2 lemmas- I
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 2 lemmas- I
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- tin
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- tin, white leadFrom Akkadian 𒀭𒈾 (annakum), from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 (an-na /anna/).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 3 lemmas- tin (a malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn)Inherited from Aramaic אָנְכָא (ʾānəḵā), from Akkadian 𒀭𒈾 (annakum), from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 (an-na /anna/).
- in case, in the event of (+ conditional or subjunctive mood)
- just in case
Hebrew
he · 3 lemmas- vertical
- vertical, perpendicular, upright, plumb, apeak (at or forming a right angle to)
- defective spelling of אנוכי
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- bilge, sink of a ship, well roomFrom Ancient Greek ἀγκύλη (ankúlē, literally “bend”).
- alternative spelling of إِنْجْلِيز (ʔinglīz)
- masculine plural of إِنْكْلِيزِيّ (ʔinglīziyy)
- janissaryFrom Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeñiçeri).
- England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- alternative spelling of إِنْجْلِيزِيّ (ʔinglīziyy)إِنْكْلِيز (ʔinglīz, “Englishmen”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).