𐤀𐤉

Phoenician

Etymology 1

Akin to Hebrew אִי (ʔī).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔij/

Noun

𐤀𐤉 (ʾy /ʾiy/)^[1]

island

Descendants

Punic: 𐤀𐤉 (ʾy)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Ge'ez ኢ (ʾi, negates verbs), Biblical Hebrew אִי (ʔī, negates verbs), Akkadian 𒀀 (A /⁠ay⁠/, vetitive before /y/), 𒂊 (E /⁠ē⁠/, vetitive in all other contexts), from Proto-Semitic *ʔay- (“not”), unless independent developments from interrogative *ʔayy-.^[2]

Adverb

𐤀𐤉 (ʾy)^[3]

negates finitive verbs

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
^ Sjörs, Ambjörn (18 January 2018) Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 91), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
^ Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 277–278

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤉 (ʾy).

Pronunciation

(6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /ʔij/
(2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /ʔij/
(2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /ij/

Noun

𐤀𐤉 (ʾy)^[1]

island

Descendants

Ancient Greek: Ἰὼλ (Iṑl)
- Latin: Iol

References

^ Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

[PPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

[2] Sjörs, Ambjörn (18 January 2018) Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 91), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 15

[PPG2-3] Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 277–278

[4] Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

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