Phoenician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʾš, *ʾiš- (man).

Noun edit

𐤀𐤔 (ʾš)

  1. man
    Synonym: 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm)

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Hebrew אשר.

Pronoun edit

𐤀𐤔 (ʾš)

  1. who, which
    • Sarcophagus inscription of Eshmunazar II, lines 3-4, c. 500 BC:
      𐤅𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤁𐤇𐤋𐤕 𐤆 𐤅𐤁𐤒𐤁𐤓 𐤆 𐤁𐤌𐤒𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤍𐤕
      wškb ʾnk bḥlt z wbqbr z bmqm ʾš bnt
      And I am lying in this coffin and in this tomb in the place which I have built.

Punic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Western Phoenician, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤔 (ʾš), from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

𐤀𐤔 (ʾš,ʾīš) (plural 𐤀𐤔𐤌)

  1. man

Etymology 2 edit

Form of 𐤔 (š) with a prothetic vowel.

Pronoun edit

𐤀𐤔 (ʾš,ʾīš)

  1. who
  2. where