# \*maʕyān- 'spring, fountain'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: spring, fountain
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/2758_spring_fountain.md

## In Linear A

- [DU-MA-I-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-MA-I-NA/index.md>) (ḏū-maʿīna): He of the Spring (personal name; ḏū 'he of' + maʿīn 'spring, flowing water'); rival a product, '(the drink) of the spring'

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: ʿn (Krahmalkov 381) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: maʕyān (HALOT 612) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: maʕīn- 'flowing (water)', pl. 'places where water flows in the valley' (BK 2, 1131)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Maʿīn (OLA80 §67.11) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.