Proto-Semitic root
*ytn ~ *ntn
‘give’
di Mino’s gloss: to give; gift
Record 2608 ↗ · SED semet 3143 · Basis: SED
In Linear A7 entries
A-DU-NI-TA-NAʾAddu-nittānagiven by Addu (compound theophoric PN)CandidateSemitic1A-TA-NA-JEʾatanāyaMy Giver / My Athena—1cs possessive on divine epithet (√y-t-n 'to give' + -ya 'my')CandidateSemitic1A-TA-NA-TEʾAtanatʾAtanat, 'She-who-gives'—feminine of √y-t-n 'to give' with I-y > ʾProbableSemitic1I-TI-NI-SAʾItnišaʾItniša (personal name), the Mari name IT-NU-ŠASpeculativeSemitic1JE-TA-NAYatanaHe gave (PN, qatal 3ms of √y-t-n 'to give')—straight theophoric truncation: Yatana-DN…ProbableSemitic1MA-TI-TImattitt(u)giftCandidateSemitic2NA-TU-*301-NEnatūnānthe dedicated one (qatūl passive participle of √n-t-n + -ān)ProbableSemitic13D
Reflexes13 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiannadānu (HALOT 733)
- Eblaitici-ti, a-da-ti-in /n-d-n/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 77)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic10
- Mandaic Aramaicntn (MD 307)
- Ugariticytn (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 33)
- Biblical Aramaicntn (CAL s.v. ntn)
- Phoenicianytn (n-tn)ytn (T 132)ytn (B 328)mtn (T 206)mtt (T 207)gloss withheld
- Hebrewntn (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 33)
- AramaicPal. ntn (DJPA 362b apud CAL)
- Syrian Aramaicnettel (HALOT 733)
- Amoritendn: jiddin, nādinumntn: jantin, natūnum, māntinum (Gelb AS 21, 27)mattan, nātinu, yantin, yattin/yattan (Buck 2019, 330)n-d-n: in-din-nu-um, id-di-nu, i-din-ian-t-n: it-ti-in, i-ti-in-ᵈIM, in-ti-nu-um (Ur III)w/y-t-n: ia-ta-nu-um, i-ti-li-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 77–78)gloss withheld
- Punicytn, yʿtn (T 132)mtnt (T 206)mtn (Krahmalkov 320)gloss withheld
- CanaaniteAmm. ʔtn, tnEdom tn (DNWSI 766)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ntnTaymanitic ntn (Al-Jallad 2026, 106)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.