# \*ʾayn-: 'there is not'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾayn-, 'there is not': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾayn- |
| Meaning | 'there is not' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| 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 |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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