ʕaṣay- {} ʕac̣ay-: 'backbone'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʕaṣan 'leg bone' [BK 2 275]; ʕaṣaṣ-, ʕuṣuṣ- 'tailbone' [ibid. 266], ʕuṣʕūṣ- do. [ibid. 272] (note -u-)	BK 2 275; BK 266; BK 272
Tigre	ʕeṣat, (poet.) ʕǝṣet, pl. ʕawäṣṣi, ʕaṣäṣṣi [LH 491].	LH 491	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʕāṣē (HALOT 866)	HALOT 866	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	ʕiṣyā [Ja 1074]; ʕyṣy [DJPA 405a apud CAL]; SAM ʕṣṣh (HALOT 866)	Ja 1074; DJPA 405a; CAL; HALOT 866	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026