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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/laylay-

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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

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Noun

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*laylay- m

  1. night
    Antonym: *yawm-

Inflection

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Reconstruction notes

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  • Kogan reconstructs *layliy- to account for the Ge'ez form, whereas Fox reconstructs the reduplicated form *laylay- and the triradical form *layl- as coexisting in Proto-Semitic. Al-Jallad argues in favor of the reduplicated form underlying all the attested reflexes.
  • A feminine by-form (likely a singulative) can be reconstructed at the level of Proto-Semitic, and underlies many of the descendant forms.

Descendants

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References

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  • Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2020) "“Night” in Proto-Semitic and the emergence of a new nominal declension in Arabic" (not formally published)
  • Fox, Joshua (2003) Semitic Noun Patterns, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.
  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN