# \*z/ḏny {} \*ʒ/ǯny: 'to fornicate'

> Proto-Semitic *z/ḏny {} *ʒ/ǯny, 'to fornicate': reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*z/ḏny {} \*ʒ/ǯny |
| Meaning | 'to fornicate' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2314 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | zny 'to commit adultery' \[BK 1 1018\] | BK 1 1018 |  |
| Mehri | zǝnū \[JM 468\] | JM 468 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | zenō \[JH 149\] | JH 149 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | zäna \[LH 501\] | LH 501 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ZNA \[DM 169\] | DM 169 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | dnt \[DULAT 274\] | DULAT 274 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | zanaya \[LGz 642\], zǝnyat \[ibid.\] | LGz 642 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | zíni \[JJ 320\] | JJ 320 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | zānā (HALOT 275) | HALOT 275 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | zänna \[K 1648\] | K 1648 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | MIN tḏnt \[LM 29\] | LM 29 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | zǝnē \[Ja 406\]; zny \[DJPA 179b apud CAL\] | Ja 406; DJPA 179b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | zny (Pa., Etpa.) 'he fornicated', zānītā 'whore, prostitute' \[Brock 200\] | Brock 200 |  |
| Aramaic | PLM znyt \[HJ 337\] | HJ 337 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | znj: zanijatum, māznijatum (Gelb AS 21, 35) | Gelb AS 21 35 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | za-ne-tum (= Sum. geme-kar-AK, VE 1412a; Viganò apud Civil 2017, 123 n. 18), /zāniy(a)t/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 384) | VE 1412a; Civil 2017, 123 n. 18; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 384 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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