*ḥsn: 'to be strong and good'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥsn
Meaning'to be strong and good'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 3148

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḥasan- 'beautiful, pretty; good, excellent' BK 1 428; cf. Arb. ḥisnat- 'wage, price of labor' (BK 1 428)BK 1 428
Hebrewḥăsīn (HALOT 338)HALOT 338gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaiccf. ḥsn (Itpa.) 'to be fully compensated' (Ja. 489)Ja. 489
Syrian Aramaicḥasīn- 'firm, robust', ḥsn (Etpe.) 'he was overcome/surpassed' (Brock. 248); ḥūsānā 'strength, defence, protection' (Payne Smith 132)Brock. 248; Payne Smith 132
Aramaicḥsyn (HALOT 338)HALOT 338
Mandaic Aramaichsn (HALOT 338)HALOT 338gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicḥsn (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §2 no. 8)Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §2 no. 8gloss withheld
Amoriteḥasnatu (Buck 2019, 327)Buck 2019, 327gloss withheld
Eblaitic/ḥasan/: names ḫa-za-an, ḫa-za-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 253)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 253gloss withheld

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Notes

Mehri ḥássǝn (JM 189), marked as an Arabism; cf. ḥǝsǝnēt (JM 189) (<Arb.?). Tigre ḥäsnä (LH 73) (<Arb.?). Jibbali C. Jib. aḥsín, aḥtsín, s̃ḥɛsín (JJ 116) (<Arb.?). Cf. E. Jib. ḥǝsǝnēt (JM 189) (<Arb.?).

Updated 22 October 2026

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