# \*lVḳVḥ-: 'to take, receive' 1, 'offering, receipt' 2

> Proto-Semitic *lVḳVḥ-, 'to take, receive' 1, 'offering, receipt' 2: reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*lVḳVḥ- |
| Meaning | 'to take, receive' 1, 'offering, receipt' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | laqiḥa "to conceive" (BK 2, 1012); laqqaḥa "to pollinate" | BK 2, 1012 |  |
| Akkadian | leqû, laqû (CAD L 138; AHw. 547); liqtu | CAD L 138; AHw. 547 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | lqḥ 1 (DULAT 496); /maqqaḥu/, du. /maqqaḥā/ 1 (UVST 143) | DULAT 496; UVST 143 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | laqḥa (LGz. 312); laqqəḥa, ʾalaqqəḥa, talaqqəḥa (LGz. 317) | LGz. 312; LGz. 317 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʾalaqḥa (LGz. 317) | LGz. 317 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ʾaläqqəḥa (LGz. 317) | LGz. 317 |  |
| Amharic | läqqa (LGz. 317) | LGz. 317 |  |
| Harari | (a)lēqäḥa; alēḥaqa (LGz. 317) | LGz. 317 |  |
| Phoenician | lqḥ (T 160) | T 160 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | lāqaḥ (BDB 542; HALOT 534); leqaḥ; miqqāḥ | BDB 542; HALOT 534 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | lqḥ (SD 82) | SD 82 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | lqḥ Ithpe. "to be taken, married" (Ja. 717) | Ja. 717 |  |
| Aramaic | LQḤ 'take' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root lqḥ |  |
| Punic | lqḥ; yqḥ 1 (Krahmalkov 263); Neo-Punic nlqḥʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 264) | Krahmalkov 263; Krahmalkov 264; Anderson–Moser 2024 root lqḥ | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | Moab lḳḥ (DNWSI 581) | DNWSI 581 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | a-a-da-ga-si /l-q-ḥ/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 13); a-a-da-ga-si \[layltaqqaḥši\] /la-yiltaqqaḥ-ši/ (ARET XI 1; Fronzaroli 1995, 62) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 13; ARET XI 1; Fronzaroli 1995, 62 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PES \*lqḥ 'to lend' (Gez. laqqəḥa, Tna. ʾaläqqəḥe, Amh. aläqqa, Har. alēqäḥa), intensive or causative throughout, is PS \*lqḥ 'to take' as 'to let one take' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 6).

## Linked from

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

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