# \*ʾaly-ān-: '(oak)tree'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾaly-ān-, '(oak)tree': reflexes in 11 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾaly-ān- |
| Meaning | '(oak)tree' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1341 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | aliānu OAkk on CAD A/1 354 | CAD A/1 354 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | alan- |  | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | alt (DULAT 63); iln, pl. ilnym (HALOT 54); aln (DULAT 56) | DULAT 63; HALOT 54; DULAT 56; Anderson–Moser 2024 root alān | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʔīlān |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | Urm ʔīlān- |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔēl-īm pl. (HALOT 40); ʔallā (HALOT 52), ʔallōn, pB (HALOT 54); ʔēlā (HALOT 51) | HALOT 40; HALOT 52; HALOT 54; HALOT 51 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔīlān- |  | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | Pal ʔīlān |  | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ʔaₓ(NI)-a-la-nu, ʔaₓ(NI)-la-núm /ʔaylānum/ (VE 496; Krebernik 1983, 18); al₆-la-nu, al₆-la-na /ʾallānu(m)/ (ARET IV; MEE 10 20 v. V 15; Fronzaroli 1995, 61) | VE 496; Krebernik 1983, 18; ARET IV; MEE 10 20 v. V 15; Fronzaroli 1995, 61 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʾln (HALOT 54) | HALOT 54 |  |
| Arabic | ˀalāˀ- (LA 14 53 apud SEDonline 415) | LA 14 53; SEDonline 415 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Rendsburg reads Ugaritic aln in KTU 1.12 I 20 as 'valley', with Hebrew ʾēlôn and Targumic mîšar, whence Greek αὐλών 'glen' (2026, 206).

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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