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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’).

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▪ 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.)’.

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▪ 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.

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