q n y
19 lemmas · 8 languages
III-weakThird consonant is w or y. The weak consonant often disappears in the perfect (r-m-y → ramā 'threw'). Known as lamed-he in Hebrew, tertiae infirmae.𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 14:11
Themes:pen·4reed·2possession·2highlighter·2slave·2
POS shape:noun·13verb·3name·2intj·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
*q-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎖𐎐𐎊𐎖 𐎐 𐎊— to create, establish, found
Canaanite
Hebrewקֶנְיָהק נ י— Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicקַנְיָאק נ י— cane, reed
Syriacܩܢܝܐܩ ܢ ܝ— Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)
Assyrian NAܩܲܢܝܵܐܩ ܢ ܝ— pen, reed pen
Arabic
Arabicقِنّق ن ي— slave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquired
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicቀንק נ י— day
Tigrinyaየቐንየለይቐ ነ የ— Thank you.
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 · 2 lemmas- to create, establish, found
- creatrix
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- cane, reed
- possession, property
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)From Akkadian qanûm.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 6 lemmas- pen, reed penFrom Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanəya), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanûm); compare Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh), Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), Hebrew קָנֶה (kané). Doublet of ܩܲܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (qanīṯā, “channel”), ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐ (qānōnā, “law, cannon”), and ܟܢܘܼܢܬܵܐ (knuntā, “wrist; plumb line”).
▸ 4 derivations
- derivedܩܲܢܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܵܪܵܐqanyā d-aḇārā
- derivedܩܲܢܝܵܐ ܕܢܲܡܛܵܐqanyā d-namṭā
- derivedܩܲܢܝܵܐ ܕܫܲܥܘܼܬ݂ܵܐqanyā d-šaˁūṯā
- derivedܩܲܢܝܵܐ ܡܲܩܫܝܵܢܵܐqanyā maqšyānā
- channel, canalFrom Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh), itself borrowed from Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanəya, “reed, cane, tube”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanûm). Doublet of ܩܲܢܝܵܐ (qanyā, “pen; reed”).
- feminine singular of ܩܸܢܝܵܐ (qinyā)
- bottle (container typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck used primarily for holding liquids)From Aramaic קַנִינְתָּא (qannīntā), from Ancient Greek καννίον (kanníon), from Latin canna (“tankard, cantharus”); compare also borrowed into Arabic قِنِّينَة (qinnīna).
- pencilPossible calque of Arabic قَلَم رَصَاص (qalam raṣāṣ)
- highlighter, highlighter pen (marker pen used to highlight text)
Hebrew
he · 2 lemmas- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
- defective spelling of קנייה.
Arabic
ar · 4 lemmas- slave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquiredConnected to ق ن ي (q n y) meaning to acquire or keep; for more see above.
- any Ferula plant, as well as the gum of such a plant (galbanum)From the root ق ن ي (q n y) related to acquiring, for the gum acquired. But rather so formed in Ge'ez where the same root exists and a broader meaning in ቀንአት (ḳännəʾät), ቅንአት (ḳənnəʾät), ቀንዓት (ḳännəʿat, “galbanum; stacta”), which to derive vice versa from Arabic is formally dubious. Possibly a phono-semantic matching…
- to dig
- things acquired, acquisitions, purchases
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- day
Tigrinya
irregular reflexti · 1 lemma- Thank you.