q n ʾ
23 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Exod.20.5
Themes:pen·3cane·2reed·2nest·2rookery·2
POS shape:noun·13verb·8adj·2
This root is attested across 7 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
*q-n-ʾProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewקַנָּאק נ א— jealous, zealous (epithet for God)
Punic𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤒 𐤍 𐤀— cane, reed
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicקנאק נ א— nest, rookery
Syriacܩܢܝܐܩ ܢ ܐ— reed, cane, stem
Assyrian NAܩܵܢܹܐܩ ܢ ܐ— to possess a farm animal as one raising it
Arabic
Arabicقَنَأَق ن ء— to redden
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezቀንአትቀ ነ አ— galbanum or stacta
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- cane, reed
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- nest, rookery
- to get, to gain, to obtain
Classical Syriac
syc · 5 lemmas- reed, cane, stemFrom Akkadian qanûm.
- possession, property, chattelFrom the root ܩ ܢ ܐ related to possessing.
- nest, rookeryCompare Arabic كِنّ (kinn) and Hebrew קֵן (qēn).
- beardFrom Proto-Semitic *ḏaḳan- (“beard”). Compare Arabic ذَقَن (ḏaqan) and Hebrew זָקָן (zāqān).
- dish, plate, platterFrom Ancient Greek λεκάνη (lekánē). Compare Arabic لَكَن (lakan).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 3 lemmas- to possess a farm animal as one raising itInherited from Aramaic קְנַא (qənā) with the third and fourth definitions borrowed from Classical Syriac; compare Hebrew קָנָה (kaná, “to buy, obtain”).
- possession, property, chattelInherited from Aramaic [Term?]. Of the noun pattern 1i23ānā.
- marker, marker pen, felt-tip pen (pen with a thick tip made of felt)
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- jealous, zealous (epithet for God)
- to envyRelated to Arabic قَنَأَ (qanaʔa, “to become red”), as feelings of anger or envy are associated with being expressed by a reddening of the face. In a more positive sense, jealousy is seen as being concerned or eager for someone or something, out of which springs the third meaning of this word; for a parallel…
- Envy, jealousy, covetousness.
- zealot, fanatical
- to get jealous
- extremism, fanaticismFrom the noun קנא (kaná), from the verb קינא (kiné) of the root ק־נ־א (k-n-').
- defective spelling of קינא
- to-infinitive of קינא
Arabic
ar · 3 lemmas- to redden
- active participle of قَنَأَ (qanaʔa)
- verbal noun of قَنَأَ (qanaʔa) (form I)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- galbanum or stactaFrom the root of ቀነየ (ḳänäyä, “to acquire”) imagining the resin or oil acquired from the relevant plants. Possibly a phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi) or directly its Egyptian etymon or the Aramaic descendant, with respect to its descendant Amharic ኮማ (koma, “a kind of large Ferula resembling…