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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 𐎊to create, establish, found
Canaanite
Hebrewקֶנְיָהק נ יKenya (a country in East Africa)
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicקַנְיָאק נ יcane, reed
Syriacܩܢܝܐܩ ܢ ܝLibra (constellation and zodiac sign)
Assyrian NAܩܲܢܝܵܐܩ ܢ ܝpen, reed pen
Arabic
Arabicقِنّق ن يslave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquired
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicቀንק נ יday
Tigrinyaየቐንየለይቐ ነ የThank 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

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 2 lemmas
  • qanyānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. 1 Kgs 14:15Wiktionary ↗
    cane, reed
  • nouninferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 14:11Wiktionary ↗
    possession, property

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • qanyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)
    From Akkadian qanûm.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 6 lemmas
  • qanyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    pen, reed pen
    From 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
  • qanītānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    channel, canal
    From Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh), itself borrowed from Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanəya, “reed, cane, tube”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanûm). Doublet of ܩܲܢܝܵܐ (qanyā, “pen; reed”).
  • qnītāverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine singular of ܩܸܢܝܵܐ (qinyā)
  • qanīntānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    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).
    2 derivations
  • qanyā d-aḇārānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    pencil
    Possible calque of Arabic قَلَم رَصَاص (qalam raṣāṣ)
  • qanyā maqšyānānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    highlighter, highlighter pen (marker pen used to highlight text)

Hebrew

he · 2 lemmas
  • kenyanameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Kenya (a country in East Africa)
  • kniyánouninferredWiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of קנייה.

Arabic

ar · 4 lemmas
  • qinnnounattested☪︎ Q.53:48Wiktionary ↗
    slave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquired
    Connected to ق ن ي (q n y) meaning to acquire or keep; for more see above.
  • qinnanounattested☪︎ Q.53:48Wiktionary ↗
    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…
  • qannāverbattested☪︎ Q.53:48Wiktionary ↗
    to dig
  • muqtanayātnouninferred☪︎ Q.53:48Wiktionary ↗
    things acquired, acquisitions, purchases

Amharic

am · 1 lemma

Tigrinya

irregular reflexti · 1 lemma
  • yäḳʰänyäläyintjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Thank you.

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with q-n-y

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