Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/napaḫ-

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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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Etymology

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Compare with Egyptian nfj.

Verb

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*napaḫ-

  1. to blow

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒃸𒃸 (napāḫum, to blow)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: نَفَخَ (nafaḵa, to blow)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic: נָפַח (nāp̄aḥ, to blow), נְפַח (nəp̄aḥ, to blow).
          • Classical Syriac: ܢܦܰܚ (nəp̄aḥ, to blow)
          • Kurdish:
            Northern Kurdish: nepixîn (to swell up, be puffed up), nepixandin (tto cause to swell, blow, puff up)
        • Canaanite:
          • Hebrew: נָפַח (nafákh, nāp̄aḥ, to blow)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Harsusi: nefōḥ (to blow)
      • Mehri: nefḥ (to blow)
      • Shehri: nifḥ (to blow)
      • Soqotri: náfaḥ (to blow)

References

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  • npḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–