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

> Proto-Semitic *ʕgl, 'be round, surround' 1, 'to hasten; quickly' 2: reflexes in 12 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕgl |
| Meaning | 'be round, surround' 1, 'to hasten; quickly' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3178 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soqotri | gáʕlhel (met.) |  | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʕagala (LGz. 59) | LGz. 59 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕāgōl |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕgl, ʕrgl (DJPA 395a apud CAL) | DJPA 395a; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕgl (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 |  |
| Tigre | ʿaggala (HALOT 784) | HALOT 784 |  |
| Phoenician | ʿglt (HALOT 785) | HALOT 785 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʿajalat (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. 3 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | aggälä (AED 1318 apud SEDonline 129) | AED 1318; SEDonline 129 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | gaʕalól (Kogan 2015:516 (M. Morris p.c.) apud SEDonline 129) | Kogan 2015 516 (M. Morris p.c.); SEDonline 129 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʿglt (T 238) | T 238 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic nʿgl 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 13); Safaitic ʿgl 2 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51) | Al-Jallad 2026 13; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 51 | gloss 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.

## Linked from

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

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