The Etymology of Lwāt: A Tale of Two Prepositions

The Aramaic preposition lwāt has two distinct meanings: kinetic (‘towards') and stative (‘with'). In this paper, I discuss the origin and etymology of this preposition, previous attempts to account for its form and other examples of similar polysemy in Semitic. I suggest that it is a deriv...

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Main Author: Pat-El, Na'ama (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-10
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