*ʕVwVl-: 'young of domestic animals, foal; suckling' 1, 'family, those one feeds' 2

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʕVwVl-
Meaning	'young of domestic animals, foal; suckling' 1, 'family, those one feeds' 2
Basis	reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SED	SEDonline semet 2359

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Tigre	ʕǝlu 1 [LH 450], ʕǝwal 1 [ibid. 477].	LH 450; LH 477	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	ʕl 1 [DULAT 153], /ʕūlu/? 1 (UVST 159)	DULAT 153; UVST 159; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwl	gloss withheld
Geez	ʕǝwāl 1 [LGz. 78].	LGz. 78	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	ʕīl (det. ʕīlā) 1 [Ja. 1069], [Levy WTM III 639]; ʕyl 1 [DJPA 404a apud CAL]. // Sam. ʕyl 1 [Tal 632].	Ja. 1069; Levy WTM III 639; DJPA 404a; CAL; Tal 632	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ʕīlā 'foal (of a horse, donkey, mule)' 1 [Brock. 516], [PS 2833].	Brock. 516; PS 2833
Aramaic	Off. ʕl 1 [HJ 843]	HJ 843; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwl	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	ʕillu 'donkey foal' 1 [Bass. 677].	Bass. 677
Arabic	ʿāla 2, ʿiyāl, ʿayyil 2 (LGz. 78)	LGz. 78	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ʿlhmw 2 (Biella 358)	Biella 358	gloss withheld
Jibbali	ʿel 1 (LGz. 78)	LGz. 78	gloss withheld
Modern Aramaic	Maʕl. ʕīla, Tur. ʕīlo 1 (SED II 65)	SED II 65	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʿūl 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 3); ʿăwīl 1 (HALOT 797)	Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 3; HALOT 797	gloss withheld
Punic	ʿl 'nursing' 1	Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿwl
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ʿwlt 2 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 145)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 145	gloss withheld

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Updated 3 November 2026

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