# \*ʕalūḳ- ~ \*ʕalig-: 'female camel; camel-calf'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕalūḳ- ~ *ʕalig-, 'female camel; camel-calf': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕalūḳ- ~ \*ʕalig- |
| Meaning | 'female camel; camel-calf' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2695 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕalūḳ- 'she-camel that has tenderness for a young one that is not her own, and that stops giving milk as soon as she has detected, by smell, the presence of this young one; she-camel that cannot get used to a male or to a young one' \[BK 2 346\]; ʕalīḳ-at- 'she-camel led on a leash, and which, on the way back, must be loaded with provisions' \[BK 2 346-7\]; ʕalāḳ-at- 'she-camel that is led on a leash to load it with provisions, on its return' \[BK 2 346\] | BK 2 346; BK 2 346-7 |  |
| Mehri | ʔēlīg \[JM 21\] | JM 21 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ʕiźɔ́g, dim. ʕálgɛn \[JJ 12\] | JJ 12 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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