Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/ʾ*ʾVlVp-: 'thousand' Root FieldValueReconstruction*ʾVlVp-Meaning'thousand'Basisproject Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicʔalf 'thousand' (Lane 80)Lane 80Aramaicʾlp (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 65)Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 65; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾlpgloss withheldHebrewʾelep 'thousand'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾlpPunicʾlp (T 21)T 21; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾlpgloss withheldUgariticalp (CUC; DULAT 59; Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1)CUC; DULAT 59; Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1gloss withheldEpigraphic South ArabianSab ʾlf, pl. ʾʾlf (SD 5; Sabaweb lemma 1966)SD 5; Sabaweb lemma 1966gloss withheldGeezʾəlf (LGz. 19)LGz. 19gloss withheldSoqotriʾalf (LGz. 19)LGz. 19Syrian Aramaicʾalpā (LGz. 19; Payne Smith 18)LGz. 19; Payne Smith 18Mandaic Aramaicalpa (LGz. 19; MD 21)LGz. 19; MD 21Tigrinyaʾəlfi (LGz. 19)LGz. 19Hararialfi (LGz. 19)LGz. 19Jibbaliʾɔf (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1gloss withheldMehriʾɛ̄f (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 1gloss withheldPre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʾlf (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 43)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 43gloss withheldBiblical Aramaicʾălap (HALOT 59)HALOT 59gloss withheldPhoenicianʾlp (Krahmalkov 55)Krahmalkov 55gloss withheld A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. Notes The noun '(head of) cattle, ox' is 2113 *ʾalp- (SED II No. 4).Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageʾ