*ḳnṭ: 'to fear; to despair'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḳnṭ
Meaning'to fear; to despair'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Syrian Aramaicqnaṭ 'to fear, shrink from'; qenṭā 'fear, suspicion' (Payne Smith 510); qūnāṭā 'fear' (Payne Smith 496)Payne Smith 510; Payne Smith 496
Arabicqanaṭa, qaniṭa 'he despaired (of the mercy of God, or of good)', 'he despaired most vehemently of a thing'; qāniṭ, qaniṭ, qanūṭ 'despairing' (Lane 2568)Lane 2568
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic qnṭ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 110); tqnṭ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 133)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 110; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 133gloss withheld

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Notes

Brock. 676 sets Arabic qanaṭa 'desperavit' beside Syriac qnaṭ 'timuit'. Al-Jallad–Jaworska 110 set Safaitic qnṭ beside Arabic qanaṭa 'he despaired most vehemently of a thing' (Lane 2568). 3235 *yʾš 'to despair' is another root.

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