*yṯw: 'to be, exist; to have'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*yṯw
Meaning	'to be, exist; to have'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline 2032

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	išû (CAD I 289, AHw. 420 apud SEDonline 2032)	CAD I 289, AHw. 420; SEDonline 2032	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	i-ša-wu /yiṯāwu/ (= Sum. a-ĝál, an-ĝál) (VE 624, VE 789, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 689 apud SEDonline 2032; Civil 2017, 119)	VE 624, VE 789, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 689; SEDonline 2032; Civil 2017, 119	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	ˀiṯ (DULAT 120–121; SEDonline 2032; HALOT 443)	DULAT 120–121; SEDonline 2032; HALOT 443	gloss withheld
Hebrew	yēš (HALOT 443)	HALOT 443	gloss withheld
Phoenician	yš (HALOT 443)	HALOT 443	gloss withheld
Aramaic	ʾīt, ʾītay (HALOT 443)	HALOT 443	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ʾīt 'is, are, there is' (Payne Smith 14)	Payne Smith 14
Punic	Neo-Punic ʾš, in wʾš (Krahmalkov 80)	Krahmalkov 80	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	ʾītay (HALOT 443)	HALOT 443	gloss withheld

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Notes

PS *yṯw 'to be' (SEDonline 2032). Ugr. ʔiṯ is lexicalised as a verbal functor (DULAT 120–121). The negatives join lā to it: Akkadian laššu 'there is not' (CAD L 108), Amorite lāšū (Gelb AS 21, 24), Syriac layt (Payne Smith 241), Arabic laisa (HALOT 443).

Updated 25 October 2026

*yṯw: 'to be, exist; to have'

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