Ad. zâyan n. (strong-I neut) “land” (Category: Earth, Land)

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

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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

Ad. *zen n. “land (draft)” (Category: Earth, Land)

An earlier version of zâyan “land” attested in a few early compounds (SD/378, 385), as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynn (AAD/25).

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