*ʾayn-: 'there is not'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	ʾayin, ʾēn (HALOT 41)	HALOT 41	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	in, inn (DULAT 74)	DULAT 74	gloss withheld
Moabite	ʾn (HALOT 41)	HALOT 41
Punic	enny (HALOT 41); ynny, ennu (DNWSI 46 apud DULAT 74); bʾn (T 25)	HALOT 41; DNWSI 46; DULAT 74; T 25	gloss withheld
Aramaic	Sam. ʾīn (LGz. 27)	LGz. 27
Akkadian	yaʾnu, yānu (HALOT 41)	HALOT 41	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʾin (negative) (LGz. 27)	LGz. 27
Geez	ʾən- (negative) in ʾənbi (LGz. 27)	LGz. 27	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

HALOT 41 derives it from a rhetorical 'where?' (Akk. yānu < ayyānum; Arb. ʾaina 'where?').

Updated 24 October 2026