نعل

(Английский)

Произносится как (IPA)

/na.ʕa.la/

* Compare for the “shoe” noun Classical Syriac ܢܥܠܐ (naʿlā), Hebrew נַעַל (náʿal) * Perhaps related to Ge'ez ንዑልት (nəʿult), ኑዑልት (nuʿult, “widow married by levirate marriage”) because, according to Dillmann, the ceremony of the levirate marriage seems to involve the bridegroom throwing a shoe in the biblical passages where it is found – but this Ethiopic word is perhaps from Cushitic; Cushitic was unknown in Dillmann’s time, which forced Semitic explanations of Ethiopic. * Likely related to Akkadian 𒈿 (nâlu, niālu, “to lie down”) and its derivations related to “spreading” * In the view of this general “spreading” meaning in Akkadian, likely related to Ugaritic 𐎐𐎓𐎍 (nʿl) which is variously glossed: “palanquin”, “sandal”, “robe” * ➜ Apparently the later Semitic languages have specialised a “spreading” meaning to a “shoeing” meaning