# \*ʕVt-: 'time; night'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕVt-, 'time; night': reflexes in 6 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 | \*ʕVt- |
| Meaning | 'time; night' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2713 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soqotri | ḥte; ḥteʰ (SLOnline 161) | SLOnline 161 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕēt (HALOT 899, 900) | HALOT 899, 900 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʕnt (II) (DULAT 168) | DULAT 168 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | Cf. etta, yet |  | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʿt 'time' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿt |  |
| Phoenician | ʿt (HALOT 899) | HALOT 899 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Kogan 2015, 34 gives the first consonant of Soq. ḥteʰ as \*ḫ and compares PS \*ɣṯy 'to be dark' (apud SLOnline 161).

## Linked from

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

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