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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔalp-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Numeral

*ʔalp- (dual *ʾalpā-, plural *ʾalapū-)

  1. thousand

Usage notes

The term probably wasn’t strictly a certain number but meant an amount of about this number. In Ethiopian it tends to mean a myriad.

Descendants

  • Arabic: أَلْف (ʾalf)
    • Maltese: elf
    • Moroccan Arabic: ألف (ʔalf)
  • Ethiopian:
    • Amharic: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
    • Ge'ez: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
    • Harari: አልፊ (ʾalfi)
    • Tigre: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
    • Tigrinya: እልፊ (ʾəlfi)
  • Northwest Semitic:
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: ʾalf, ʾāf
    • Shehri: ʾelf, ʾɔf
    • Soqotri: ʾalf
  • Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩡𐩰 (ʾalf)

Noun

*ʔalp- (dual *ʾalpā-, plural *ʾalapū-)

  1. head of cattle
  • *ʾalipa (to be familiar with, verb)
  • *ʾallipa (to tame, to domesticate; to familiarize, to instruct; to unite, to join, verb)

Descendants

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