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▪ ‘Man’ and derivatives (‘to behave like a man, masculinity, virility, manhood, etc.’) are prob. from ‘pedestrian’ (in Syr also ‘foot-soldier’), thus ultimately from ↗¹riǧl ‘foot’ (so also Kogan2011). – Cf. also the EgAr form rāgil which looks very much like a PA I, meaning *‘going on foot’ (and the EgAr pl. riggālaẗ ‘men’ sounds very similar to the Syr sg. ragālā ‘foot-soldier’). But it could also be based on ^†riǧlaẗ~ruǧlaẗ ‘vigour in walking’.
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▪ According to Zammit2002, Ar raǧul ‘man’ has no cognates in Sem. But cf., perh. Syr ragālā, ragālāṯā ‘foot-soldier’.
▪ Ultimately prob. based on ↗¹riǧl.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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►riǧālāt, n.pl., great, important men, leading personalities, men of distinction;
►riǧāl al-dawlaẗ, n.pl., statesmen;
►riǧāl al-sanad, n.pl., informants, sources of information

►taraǧǧala, vb. V, 1-2 ↗riǧl; 3 to assume masculine manners, behave like a man: tD-stem, denom.
►ĭstarǧala, vb. X, 1a to become a man, reach the age of manhood, grow up; b to act like a man, display masculine manners or qualities: *Št-stem, denom., desider.

►riǧālī, adj., men’s, for men (e.g., apparel): nsb-formation, based on pl. of raǧul
►^BP#4771ruǧūlaẗ, n.f., masculinity, virility, manhood: abstr. formation on pattern FuʕūLaẗ
►ruǧūliyyaẗ, n.f., masculinity, virility, manhood: : abstr. formation in ‑iyyaẗ, based on preceding
►EgAr ^BP#4471²rāgil, pl. riggālaẗ, n., man

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗¹riǧl, ↗²riǧl, ↗³riǧl, ↗raǧǧala, ↗ĭrtaǧala, and ↗mirǧal, as well as, for the whole picture, root entry ↗√RǦL.

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