# \*nVṭVp-: 'drip'

> Proto-Semitic *nVṭVp-, 'drip': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVṭVp- |
| Meaning | 'drip' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | nāṭap 'drip, drop' (BDB 642) | BDB 642 |  |
| Arabic | naṭafa (HALOT 695; LGz. 408) | HALOT 695; LGz. 408 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | nəṭāp (LGz. 408) | LGz. 408 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | nṭp (LGz. 408) | LGz. 408 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | m-nṭf-t (LGz. 408); mṭftn, mnṭftn (Biella 303); mnṭft, mṭft (SD 100) | LGz. 408; Biella 303; SD 100 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | nṭf (LGz. 408) | LGz. 408 |  |
| Tigre | naṭafa (HALOT 694) | HALOT 694 |  |
| Amorite | nṭp: nuṭupum, nuṭupaṭum, nuṭuptum (Gelb AS 21, 27) | Gelb AS 21 27 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Ethiopic has b for \*p, irregular: Geez naṭaba 'drop, trickle', Tigre näṭba, Tigrinya näṭäbä, Amharic näṭṭäbä; Leslau CDG 408 files them with this root.

## Linked from

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

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