# \*pa: 'and then, and so' (coordinating conjunction)

> Proto-Semitic *pa, 'and then, and so' (coordinating conjunction): reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pa |
| Meaning | 'and then, and so' (coordinating conjunction) |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab f- (Biella 399) | Biella 399 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | p (copulative, consecutive, explanatory): yd \[mỉzrth\] p yln (KTU 1.17 I 5; DULAT 646) | KTU 1.17 I 5; DULAT 646 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | fa 'and then, and so', of order and proximate sequence: qāma zaydun fa-ʿamrun 'Zeyd came, and after him ʿAmr' (Lane 2321) | Lane 2321 |  |

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## Notes

Huehnergard 2019, 67 reconstructs \*pa/ʔap 'and then, and so'. DULAT 646 compares OAram. p, OSA f and Arab. fa. Not K0425 \*wV- 'and'; K0590 \*ʾVp- 'also' holds the ʾap forms.

## Linked from

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

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