# \*taʕal-at-: 'watercourse, channel'

> Proto-Semitic *taʕal-at-, 'watercourse, channel': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*taʕal-at- |
| Meaning | 'watercourse, channel' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | tǝʕālā (HALOT 1768) | HALOT 1768 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | tʿlt, pl. tʿlyt: pʿl htʿlyt, RES 24.1/2 (Krahmalkov 496) (T 343) | Krahmalkov 496; T 343 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 1768 leaves the derivation open: a link with ʿlh 'to go up' is very uncertain; if the t- is radical, the noun corresponds to Arabic talʿat 'slope, watercourse, stream' (Barth, Nominalbildung §179 apud HALOT 1768). Safaitic tlʿt, tlʿ 'water course' (Al-Jallad 2026, 153), with Arabic talʿah 'a water course from the upper part of a valley to its lower part' (Lane 312).

## Linked from

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

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