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▪ The Ar vb. wasina is of Sem origin (*w˅š˅n‑), but is no longer the main vb. used for ‘to sleep’ in Ar – this function has been taken by ↗nāma here. The corresponding n. ↗sinaẗ ‘slumber, sleep’ has cognates everywhere in Sem except EthSem, so that it is safe to assume a common Sem n. *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’ (which probably goes back to AfrAs *šin‑ ‘sleep’).

↗sinaẗ

▪ Fronzaroli#2.10: Ug yšn, Hbr yāšēn ‘to sleep’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2226: Hbr yšn, Ar wsn ‘to sleep’.
▪ Cf. also the cognates given s.v. ↗sinaẗ ‘sleep (n.)’.

▪ Fronzaroli#2.10: Sem *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’, *wašin ‘asleep’.
▪ Kogan2011: A n. cognate to Ar sinaẗ is attested everywhere in Sem except in the Eth branch. It is safe, however, nevertheless to reconstruct Sem *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2226: Sem *w˅š˅n‑ ‘to sleep’ < AfrAs *siʔon‑ /*siwan‑ ‘to sleep’ (metathesis). – Cf. also AfrAs *šin‑ ‘sleep’ (n.) > WCh *s˅n‑ ‘sleep’, CCh *siʔwan‑ ‘dream’, ECh *suwan‑ ‘sleep, dream’, SaAf *son‑ ‘sleep’ (n.).
▪ Cf. also the reconstruction proposed for ↗sinaẗ ‘sleep (n.)’.

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► wasan, n., slumber, doze: vn. I.
► sinaẗ, n.f., slumber, doze: vn. I | ~ min al-nawm, n., a short nap.
► wasin, adj., sleepy, drowsy, somnolent.
► wasnān ᵘ, f. wasnà, adj., sleepy, drowsy, somnolent: ints. formation.

sinaẗ سِنَة

√WSN

n.f.

slumber, doze – WehrCowan1979.

▪ Ar sinaẗ ‘slumber, sleep’ has cognates everywhere in Sem except EthSem, so that it is safe to assume a common Sem n. *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’ (which probably goes back to AfrAs *šin‑ ‘sleep’).

▪ eC7 Q 2:255 lā taʔḫuḏuhū sinatun wa-lā-nawm ‘neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him’

▪ Fronzaroli#2.10: Akk šittu ‘sleep’, šuttu ‘dream’, Ug šnt, Hbr šēnā, Syr šenᵉtā, Ar sinaẗ, wasnaẗ, SAr snt ‘sleep’; Akk Ug yšn ‘to sleep’, Hbr yāšēn, Ar wasin ‘asleep’.
▪ Kogan2011: Akk šittu, Ug šnt, Hbr šēnā, Syr šentā, Ar sinat‑, Sab snt, Mhr šənēt, Jib s̃ónút ‘sleep’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2226: (Sem as Fronzaroli and Kogan). – Outside Sem: (WCh) sunu, sine, sun, šan‑, sin, san, sən, sənasan, asin, sunsuni, sun-at, sunan ‘sleep’; (CCh) sənaʔ-ata, sin-ata, suni, sini, šəʔūnyi, saŋ, šine, suwana, šini, sənin, syon-cii, soʔoni, san, syɛne, siyena ‘dream’; (ECh) sōn, soone, suwən, suniyi, suun‑, suno, soona, suun‑, sonisoni ‘sleep, dream’; (SaAf) sonoo, sonoo ‘sleep’ (n.).

▪ Fronzaroli#2.10: Sem *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’, *wašin ‘asleep’.
▪ Kogan2011: A n. cognate to Ar sinaẗ is attested everywhere in Sem except in the Eth branch. It is safe, however, nevertheless to reconstruct Sem *šin-at‑ ‘sleep’.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2226: Sem *w˅š˅n‑ ‘to sleep’ < (metathesis) AfrAs *siʔon‑ /*siwan‑ ‘to sleep’. – Cf. also AfrAs *šin‑ ‘sleep’ (n.) > WCh *s˅n‑ ‘sleep’, CCh *siʔwan‑ ‘dream’, ECh *suwan‑ ‘sleep, dream’, SaAf *son‑ ‘sleep’ (n.).

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► sinaẗ min al-nawm, n., a short nap

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