# \*ʾalp-: 'cattle'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-, 'cattle': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾalp- |
| Meaning | 'cattle' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2315 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soqotri | ʔalf \[LS 62\]; aḷf (SLOnline 3096). | LS 62; SLOnline 3096 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | alpu OAkk. on \[CAD a1 364\], \[AHw. 38\] | CAD a1 364; AHw. 38 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔalp \[DULAT 58\]; alp (CUC) | DULAT 58; CUC | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʔlp \[T 20\], \[Krah. 55\] | T 20; Krah. 55 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔäläp (HALOT 59) | HALOT 59 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | Dem. ʔlp \[HJ 1253\]; ʾlp (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʾlp#3) | HJ 1253; Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʾlp#3 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʾalpum (Gelb AS 21, 13) | Gelb AS 21 13 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʾlp 'ox' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root alp |  |

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## Notes

Also numeral 'thousand' in Ugaritic, West Semitic, South Arabian ('alp-). Etymology either 'clan' or 'ox'; South Ethiopic bāqər 'hundred' may support 'ox' origin. Distinguished from East Semitic \*l'm (li-im) 'thousand' (Lipiński OLA80 §35.21). The verb 'to be accustomed to; to learn' is 3628.

## Linked from

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

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