# \*ʾayl-: 'ram'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾayl-, 'ram': reflexes in 9 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 | \*ʾayl- |
| Meaning | 'ram' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1958 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | (?) alu (elu) \[CAD a1 374\], \[AHw. 39\] (rendered as ālu, jālu) | CAD a1 374; AHw. 39 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | Eg.-Syll. ʔi2=-r=ya, ʔi3=ra=ya /ʔêlya ?, ʔayla ?/ \[Hoch 29\] | Hoch 29 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔal, ʔil \[DULAT 46\] | DULAT 46 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʾyl (Krahmalkov 47) | Krahmalkov 47 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ayyól 'ibex' \[Bittner 29\] Otherwise from \*ʔayyal- 'deer' | Bittner 29 |  |
| Hebrew | ʔayil (HALOT 40), pB. \[Ja. 48\] | HALOT 40; Ja. 48 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Min. ʔyl \[LM 9\] | LM 9 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ʔilä \[TA 544\]. | TA 544 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | e-lu /ʾēlu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 48–49) | Pentiuc 2001 48–49 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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