Time & seasons
vocabulary(hides romanizations and secondary scripts)
| Concept | East Semitic | Northwest Semitic | Central Semitic | South Arabian | Ethio-Semitic | Proto-Semitic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | Ugaritic | Hebrew | Aramaic | Syriac | Arabic | Sabaean | Geʿez | Amharic | Tigrinya | ||
| day | ūmu | 𐎊𐎎 · ym | יוֹם · yōm | יוֹמָא · yōmā | ܝܘܡܐ · yawmā | يوم · yawm | 𐩺𐩥𐩣 · ywm | ዕለት · ʿəlät | ቀን · qän | መዓልቲ · mäʿalti | *yawm- |
| night | mūšu | 𐎍𐎍 · ll | לַיְלָה · layəlāh | לֵילְיָא · lēləyā | ܠܠܝܐ · lelyā | ليل · layl | 𐩡𐩺𐩡 · lyl | ሌሊት · lelit | ሌሊት · lelit | ለይቲ · läyti | *layl- |
| year | šattu | 𐎌𐎐𐎚 · šnt | שָׁנָה · šānāh | שַׁתָּא · šattā | ܫܢܬܐ · šnattā | سنة · sana | 𐩪𐩬𐩩 · snt | ዓመት · ʿāmät | ዓመት · amät | ዓመት · amät | *šan(a)t- |
| morning | šēru, ṣīt šamši | — | בֹּקֶר · bōqer | צַפְרָא · ṣaprā | ܨܦܪܐ · ṣaprā | صباح · ṣabāḥ | — | ጽባሕ · ṣəbaḥ | ጠዋት · ṭäwat | ንጉሆ · nguho | *bqr- / *ṣbḥ- |
| evening | līlātu | 𐎓𐎗𐎁 · ʕrb | עֶרֶב · ʿerev | רַמְשָׁא | ܪܡܫܐ | مساء · masāʔ | — | ምሴት · məset | ማታ · mata | ምሸት · məšät | *ʕrb- |
| hour, time | adannu | — | שָׁעָה · šāʿāh | שַׁעְתָּא · šaʿtā | ܫܥܬܐ · šaʿtā | ساعة · sāʕa | — | ሰዓት · säʿat | ሰዓት · säʿat | ሰዓት · säʿat | loan: *šaʕat- (all from Aramaic) |