Phoenician edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to Arabic أَنْغَصَ (ʔanḡaṣa, to disturb), with rhotacism n>r.

Verb edit

𐤓𐤂𐤆 (rgz)

  1. to disturb
    • 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
      𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤓𐤂𐤆𐤍
      ʾl ʾl tptḥ ʿlty wʾl trgzn
      Don't, don't open it and don't disturb me.
      (literally, “don't don't you-open independent.direct.object-it and-don't you-disturb-me”)