# \*tayš- {} \*tays-: 'he-goat'

> Proto-Semitic *tayš- {} *tays-, 'he-goat': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*tayš- {} \*tays- |
| Meaning | 'he-goat' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED, corrected; meaning SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2536 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | tays- 'billy goat (both domestic and wild/mountain)' \[BK 1 212\], \[Fr. I 206\], \[Lane 324\], \[LA VI 33\]. | BK 1 212; Fr. I 206; Lane 324; LA VI 33 |  |
| Mehri | táyh \[JM 404\]. | JM 404 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | teš \[LS 441\] (cf. also tɛ́ʔeh \[JM 404\]). | LS 441; JM 404 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | tāyeh \[JH 128\]. | JH 128 |  |
| Tigre | tes \[LH 311\]. | LH 311 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | tuš \[JJ 273\]. | JJ 273 |  |
| Hebrew | tayiš (HALOT 1729), pB. \[Ja. 1667\] | HALOT 1729; Ja. 1667 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | tys1 \[LM 97\] | LM 97 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | tǝyāšā, tēšā \[Ja. 1667\], tyyš \[DJPA 580b apud CAL\]. | Ja. 1667; DJPA 580b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | tayšā 'billy-goat' \[Brock. 822\], \[PS 4429\]. | Brock. 822; PS 4429 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | NSyr. téshâ (M 320); Tlk. tēs; Ass. tayša, tēša (Kuip. 117); Tur. tayšo, tayso (Kuip. 117), taiso (Ritter 494) | M 320; Kuip. 117; Ritter 494 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | \*tyš (HALOT 1729; Qumran 253 apud CAL) | HALOT 1729; CAL |  |
| Akkadian | d/taššu (George and Krebernik 2022, 153) | George and Krebernik 2022 153 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ts (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 134) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 134 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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