Proto-Semitic root
*ṯny
‘to repeat, do again’
di Mino’s gloss: to repeat, do twice; recite
Record 3547 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Verb of 2553 *ṯVny- ‘two’. Distinct from 3535 *šny ‘to change’ (HALOT 1597).
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianšanû A (CAD Š/1 398; AHw 1165)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic5
- Amoritešnj: jišnī, šanijum, juštannī (Gelb AS 21, 33)yiṯnî (Buck 2019, 334)gloss withheld
- Hebrewšnh (HALOT 1598)gloss withheld
- Ugariticṯny (HALOT 1598)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaictǝnāʾ (HALOT 1598)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaictnā ‘to repeat, recite, tell’tenyā ‘repetition’tenyānā ‘iteration, repetition, recitation’ (Payne Smith 616)
Arabic1
- ArabicṯanāII (HALOT 1598)ṯannā (Lane 357)ṯinan, ṯunan (Lane 358)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.