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▪ Probably dependent on the idea of a *‘wide opening’ (cf. also ↗naǧala ‘to beget; offspring’), itself seen as the result of some *‘splitting, piercing’ (? cf. ↗minǧal ‘sickle’), caused by *‘throwing away, flinging, striking off (a spear, etc.)’.
▪ For the latter, Orel&Stolbova1994 reconstructed Sem *n˅gil‑ ‘to throw’ < AfrAs *n˅gol‑ ‘id.’ as hypothetical predecessors.

hist

▪ first attested 517 CE in a verse by Ǧblẗ (?) b. al-Ḥāriṯ (al-Qālī, ʔAmālī) – HDAL (1Jun2020)

cogn

▪ No immediate cognates in Sem or outside. But perhaps akin to other values within ↗√NǦL (see particularly values ^†[v15] and ^†[v16]). See also section DISC, below.

disc

▪ ʔanǧalᵘ does not seem to have cognates with similar semantics in Sem or outside. But it is prob. akin to other values of ↗√NǦL, now obsolete, esp. ^†naǧala ‘to pierce, split (s.th., with a spear); to make an opening in the ground (to plant s.th.), till the ground’ (^†[v15]). The notion of an *‘opening’ is also present in ^†naǧl ‘outflowing water, spring’ or DaṯAr naǧīlaẗ ‘spring, well’ (^†[v16]), in naǧala ‘to beget; offspring’, and, perh., in an obsolete (and hitherto unattested) meaning of ↗minǧal, now ‘sickle’ but at some stage perh. also *‘tool used to make openings in the soil to till the ground’.
▪ The (wide) ‘opening’ can perh. be connected to Ehret1995’s pre-protSem bi-consonantal root *√NG ‘to seep, ooze’ and Ǧabal2012’s bi-cons. Ar root nucleus *√NǦ‑ ‘breaking through [and welling/pouring out, i.e., eruption] of s.th. thick, but not solid, from within s.th.’.
▪ Etymology suggested by EtymArab: *^†[v11] ‘to throw away, fling, strike off (a spear, etc.)’ > thereby ^†[v15] ‘split, pierce (s.th.)’ and cause a [v2] ‘gaping wound’, hence also ‘opening’ (in general) > ‘“gaping”, wide open eyes’.

west

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deriv

► ṭaʕnaẗ naǧlāʔᵘ, n.f., a blow causing a gaping wound; heavy blow or thrust

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