Ad. zâyan n. (strong-I neut) “land” (Category: Earth, Land)
An Adûnaic word for “land” (SD/423). It has an irregular plural form zâin which is the result of the phonetic change (SD/423): medial [w] and [j] vanished before [u] and [i]. Thus, the archaic plural changed from †zâyîn > zâîn > zâin.
Conceptual Development: In earlier names this word appeared as zen (SD/378, 385).
References ✧ SD/423, 429, 435
Glosses
Variations
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Inflections
| zâin | plural; irregular-plural | ✧ SD/423 | |
| zāin | plural; irregular-plural | ✧ SD/429 | |
| zāin | plural; irregular-plural | “lands” | ✧ SD/435 |
| †zāyīn | plural | ✧ SD/423 |
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Phonetic Developments
| Ad. †zāyīn > *zāīn > zâin | [zājīn] > [zāīn] > [zāin] | ✧ SD/423 |