Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/laylay-

Noun

 * 1) night

Reconstruction notes

 * Kogan reconstructs *layliy- to account for the Ge'ez form, whereas Fox reconstructs the reduplicated form *laylay- and the triradical form *layl- as coexisting in Proto-Semitic. Al-Jallad argues in favor of the reduplicated form underlying all the attested reflexes.
 * A feminine by-form (likely a singulative) can be reconstructed at the level of Proto-Semitic, and underlies many of the descendant forms.

Descendants

 * East Semitic:
 * West Semitic:
 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * South Semitic:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * South Semitic:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * South Semitic:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * South Semitic:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Ethiopian Semitic: