*ʾzl: 'to suffer drought; (of rain) to fail'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾzl
Meaning	'to suffer drought; (of rain) to fail'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʾazala 'became in a state of straitness... suffering from dearth, or drought'; ʾāzalahumu llāhu 'God afflicted them with drought, or want of rain' (Lane 53); ʾazl 'straitness; distress; difficulty; and drought, or want of rain'; sanat ʾazūl 'a severe, distressful year' (Lane 54)	Lane 53; Lane 54
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab s1tʾzl (SD 10) (Biella 10)	SD 10; Biella 10	gloss withheld

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Not 477 *(ʾV)zVl- 'go, pass'. Biella 10 sets Arabic ʾzl beside the Sabaic.

Updated 26 October 2026