*ʕgl: 'be round, surround' 1, 'to hasten; quickly' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕgl
Meaning'be round, surround' 1, 'to hasten; quickly' 2
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 3178

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Soqotrigáʕlhel (met.)gloss withheld
Geezʕagala (LGz. 59)LGz. 59gloss withheld
Hebrewʕāgōlgloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʕgl, ʕrgl (DJPA 395a apud CAL)DJPA 395a; CAL
Syrian Aramaicʕgl (pa.) 'he/she/it rolled, turned' (Brock 510), + 'cart, chariot' (also ʕrgl); ʿgal 'quickly, immediately; soon, easily' (adv.) 2 (Payne Smith 399)Brock 510; Payne Smith 399
Tigreʿaggala (HALOT 784)HALOT 784
Phoenicianʿglt (HALOT 785)HALOT 785gloss withheld
Arabicʿajalat (HALOT 785); ʿaǧila 2 (Lane 1963; Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 3)HALOT 785; Lane 1963; Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 3gloss withheld
Amharicaggälä (AED 1318 apud SEDonline 129)AED 1318; SEDonline 129gloss withheld
Jibbaligaʕalól (Kogan 2015:516 (M. Morris p.c.) apud SEDonline 129)Kogan 2015 516 (M. Morris p.c.); SEDonline 129gloss withheld
Punicʿglt (T 238)T 238gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic nʿgl 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 13); Safaitic ʿgl 2 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51)Al-Jallad 2026 13; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51gloss withheld

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Notes

Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 3 sets Arabic ʿǧl 'to hasten' (Lane 1963) under *ʿgl 'to be circular, to roll'; Payne Smith 399 files the adverb ʿgal 'quickly' under the same root.

Updated 26 October 2026

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