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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Semitic
Etymology
Compare with Egyptian nfj.
Verb
*napaḫ-
- to blow
Conjugation
Conjugation of *napaḫ- (paʕala)
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*napḫ-
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| active participle
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*nāpiḫ-
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| passive participle
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*napīḫ-, *napūḫ-
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| 1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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m
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*napaḫku
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*napaḫka
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*napaḫa
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*napaḫkayā
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*napaḫkā
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*napaḫā
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*napaḫna
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*napaḫkanu
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*napaḫū
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*napaḫki
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*napaḫat
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*napaḫatā
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*napaḫkina
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*napaḫā
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m
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*ʔanpuḫ
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*tanpuḫ
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*yinpuḫ
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*tanpuḫā
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*yanpuḫā
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*ninpuḫ
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*tanpuḫū
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*yinpuḫū
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*tanpuḫī
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*tanpuḫ
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*tanpuḫā
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*tanpuḫā
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*yinpuḫā
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m
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*napuḫ
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*napuḫā
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*napuḫū
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*napuḫī
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*napuḫā
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒃸𒃸 (napāḫum, “to blow”)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: نَفَخَ (nafaḵa, “to blow”)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic: נָפַח (nāp̄aḥ, “to blow”), נְפַח (nəp̄aḥ, “to blow”).
- Classical Syriac: ܢܦܰܚ (nəp̄aḥ, “to blow”)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: nepixîn (“to swell up, be puffed up”), nepixandin (“tto cause to swell, blow, puff up”)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: נָפַח (nafákh, nāp̄aḥ, “to blow”)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Amharic: ነፋ (näffa)
- Ge'ez: ነፍኀ (näfḫä), ነፍሐ (näfḥä, “to blow”)
- Sebat Bet Gurage: ነፋ (näfa, “to blow”)
- Tigre: ነፍሓ (näfḥa, “to blow”)
- Tigrinya: ነፍሔ (näfḥe, “to blow”)
- Modern South Arabian:
- Harsusi: nefōḥ (“to blow”)
- Mehri: nefḥ (“to blow”)
- Shehri: nifḥ (“to blow”)
- Soqotri: náfaḥ (“to blow”)
References
- “npḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–