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

> Proto-Semitic *ʾzl, 'to suffer drought; (of rain) to fail': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

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

## Reflexes

| 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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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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