# \*ɣll: 'to insert, enter; to plunge, dip; to dye'

> Proto-Semitic *ɣll, 'to insert, enter; to plunge, dip; to dye': reflexes in 10 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ɣll |
| Meaning | 'to insert, enter; to plunge, dip; to dye' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | ɣll (DULAT 314; SEDonline 195) | DULAT 314; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ˁll (HALOT 834 apud SEDonline 195) | HALOT 834; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | DA ˁll (DNWSI 855); mʕl (DNWSI 669) | DNWSI 855; DNWSI 669 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ɣll (Lane 2277 apud SEDonline 195) | Lane 2277; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ˁallala (CDG 60 apud SEDonline 195) | CDG 60; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ˁallälä (TED 1823 apud SEDonline 195) | TED 1823; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | allälä (AED 1102 apud SEDonline 195) | AED 1102; SEDonline 195 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʿal 'to enter, come in'; aʿel 'to bring, put or carry in' (Payne Smith 412) | Payne Smith 412 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʿll (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §2 no. 5) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §2 no. 5 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʿll (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §2 no. 5) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §2 no. 5 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

PWS \*ɣll 'to insert; to immerse' (SEDonline 195). Hbr. ʕll is poetic. Cf. 2588 \*ɣVlVl- 'mist', 1076 \*ʕVlVl- 'do, be occupied', 3314 \*ɣull- 'yoke, collar'. 3736 \*ɣll 'rancour, malice' holds Lane's other signification of ġll.

## Linked from

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

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