znf

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Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʒin- with an uncertain suffix -f, according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with West Chadic *ʒin- (“blood”), whence Hausa jini.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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n
f
D26

 m

  1. blood

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Verb

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n
f
D26
Z2ss

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to bleed

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*ʒin-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2626, page 546