𐎀𐎊𐎍

Ugaritic

FWOTD – 24 August 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal-.

Pronunciation

• (nominative): IPA^(key): /ʔaj.ja.lu/
• (genitive): IPA^(key): /ʔaj.ja.li/
• (accusative): IPA^(key): /ʔaj.ja.la/

Noun

𐎀𐎊𐎍 • (ảyl) m (plural 𐎀𐎊𐎍𐎎, female equivalent 𐎀𐎊𐎍𐎚) /ʾayyalu/

1. red deer: a member of species Cervus elaphus, or specifically a male (hart, stag)
   • c. 1400–1200 BCE, Baal and Mot

     𐎚𐎉𐎁𐎃𐎟𐎌𐎁𐎓𐎎𐎟𐎀𐎊𐎍𐎎

     tṭbḫ · šbʿm · ảylm

     She slew seventy harts.