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Phoenician
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʾš, *ʾiš- (“man”).
Noun
𐤀𐤔 (ʾš)
- man
- Synonym: 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm)
Etymology 2
Compare Hebrew אשר.
Pronoun
𐤀𐤔 (ʾš)
- who, which
- Sarcophagus inscription of Eshmunazar II, lines 3-4, c. 500 BC:
𐤅𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤁𐤇𐤋𐤕 𐤆 𐤅𐤁𐤒𐤁𐤓 𐤆 𐤁𐤌𐤒𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤍𐤕- wškb ʾnk bḥlt z wbqbr z bmqm ʾš bnt
- And I am lying in this coffin and in this tomb in the place which I have built.
Punic
Etymology 1
From Western Phoenician, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤔 (ʾš), from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.
Pronunciation
Noun
𐤀𐤔 (ʾš,ʾīš) (plural 𐤀𐤔𐤌)
- man
Etymology 2
Form of 𐤔 (š) with a prothetic vowel.
Pronoun
𐤀𐤔 (ʾš,ʾīš)
- who
- where