# \*ʕayn-: 'eye'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-, 'eye': reflexes in 30 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕayn- |
| Meaning | 'eye' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 146 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕayn- \[BK 2 425\] | BK 2 425 |  |
| Mehri | ʔāyn \[JM 38\] | JM 38 |  |
| Soqotri | ʕain \[LS 308\], \[SSL LS 1453\] | LS 308; SSL LS 1453 |  |
| Akkadian | īnu (OAKK, ASS ēnu) OAkk on \[CAD i 153\], \[AHw 383\] | CAD i 153; AHw 383 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʕǝn (pl. ʕǝntat) \[LH 472\] | LH 472 |  |
| Canaanite | AMARNA ḫe-na-ya (dual, 1 pl. suff.) \[HJ 839\] | HJ 839 |  |
| Eblaitic | a-na-a /ʕaynay(a)/ (dual) \[Kr 27; Fr 155; Bl E No. 9\]; a-na-a, ḫu-ma-zu a-na-a /ʿayn, ʿēn/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 98); ḫu-ma-zu a-na-a = Sum. igi-du₈-du₈ (VE 712; Civil 2017, 119, 122–123); a-na-a /ʿaynay(n)/ (obl. dual) (ARET IV; = Sum. igi-du₈-du₈, igi-dar, igi-íl, igi-kù-dub-igi-gar, VE 712, 715, 723, 728) (Fronzaroli 1995, 60) | Kr 27; Fr 155; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 98; VE 712; Civil 2017, 119, 122–123; ARET IV; Fronzaroli 1995, 60 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | aina (abs., constr. ʕin) \[DM 15, 348\] | DM 15, 348 |  |
| Ugaritic | ʕn \[DULAT 165\], /ʕēnu/ (UVST 159); ʕn | DULAT 165; UVST 159 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | WOL in, SEL ZWY īn \[LGur 117\] | LGur 117 |  |
| Geez | ʿayn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | GYE ayn, CHA EZ̆A MUH MSQ GOG en, END ēn, SOD in \[LGur 117\] | LGur 117 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | suff. ʕēn-, pl. ʕaynīn (BDB 1105) | BDB 1105 |  |
| Phoenician | ʕn, ʕyn \[T 252\]; ʿn ʾš (Krahmalkov 381); ʿnm (Krahmalkov 382) | T 252; Krahmalkov 381; Krahmalkov 382 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL ʕaina \[Berg 4\], TUR ʕaino \[R Ṭūrōyo 113\] MLH ʕayno \[J Mlah 168\] HRT ʔena \[J Hert 181\] NASS ɔynɔ \[Tser 0156\] URM ayna \[R Urmi 97\] ZKH ʔēna \[R Zakho 105\] MMND īn, emph. īna \[M MND 502\] GZR ʔéna \[Nak 67\] AZR ena \[Garb 305\] IRN aynâ \[Pen 63\] | Berg 4; J Mlah 168; J Hert 181; Tser 0156; M MND 502; Nak 67; Garb 305; Pen 63 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ʕíhn \[JJ 20\] | JJ 20 |  |
| Hebrew | ʕayin (HALOT 817) | HALOT 817 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ayn \[K 1289\] | K 1289 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ʿyn (SD 23; Biella 362, 363; Sabaweb lemma 2148) | SD 23; Biella 362, 363; Sabaweb lemma 2148 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕayin (ʕēnā, ʕaynā) \[Ja 1071\]; constr. ʕayn-, det. ʕaynā, pl. ʕaynīn \[DJPA 403a apud CAL\] | Ja 1071; DJPA 403a; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕaynā \[Brock 522\] | Brock 522 |  |
| Gafat | inä \[LGaf 178\] | LGaf 178 |  |
| Aramaic | ʿyn (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 839) | Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 839 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʿn 'spring' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿyn |  |
| Tigrinya | ʕayni (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25 |  |
| Harari | īn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.2 no. 25 |  |
| Argobba | en (SED I 28) | SED I 28 |  |
| Harsusi | ʔāyn (SED I 28) | SED I 28 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʿn (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 53); tʿyn; Thamudic D ʿn (Al-Jallad 2026, 22) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 53; Al-Jallad 2026 22 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʿinu (Buck 2019, 325); ʿayn, ʿēn: cf. ì-lí-i-na-a, ᵈUTU-ḫi/i-na-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 98) | Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 98 | gloss withheld |

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