# \*nīn- 'descendants, offspring'

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

- Author's gloss: offspring, descendants, posterity
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/n/3847_descendants_offspring.md

## In Linear A

- [NI-NU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI-NU-NI/index.md>) (nīnūn): offspring, descendants, posterity

## Notes

HALOT 696 also cites Soqotri (Leslau 34).

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: nîn (HALOT 696); nyn (HALOT 696); nîn (Klein s.v. נִין) (gloss withheld)

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