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Number: 1066
Proto-Semitic: *nVšVp-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: to blow, breathe, winnow
Akkadian: našāpu (u/u) 'to blow away, winnow' OB on [CAD n2 56], [AHw 758]
Hebrew: nšp 'to blow, blow upon' [KB 730]
Judaic Aramaic: nǝšap 'to blow, breathe' [Ja 941]; [Sok 361]
Arabic: nsf 'nettoyer, vanner le grain; renverser de fond en comble un édifice' [BK 2 1250].

    For the first meaning see AKK; the second meaning may imply destruction caused by a strong wind or storm. Cf. also snf IV 'souffler avec force, de manière à soulever la poussière (se dit du vent, etc.)' [ibid. 1 1152], a variant root with metathesis

Notes: Note the meaning 'to winnow' in AKK and ARB.

    Cf. SYR našpā, nušpā 'serpens' compared in [Brock 451] with HBR nšp 'to blow', obviously implying something like 'a hissing one' as a designation of a snake.

    Note SOQ nhof (var. nhob) 'âme; joue le rôle du pronom réfléchi' [LS 260], which is a debatable case. According to Leslau, it is metathetic from nafh, -h- in both cases being not a 'parasite h' (so Bittner), but reflecting *-š- (i.e. <*npš/*nšp). Cf., however, MHR ḥǝ-nōf [JM 283], JIB núf 'self' [JJ 181] and SOQ nɔf- (besides nhɔf) quoted by Johnstone [ibid.] which may be an argument for a secondary, 'parasite', character of SOQ -h-.

    Cf. *npš (No. ), *nšb (No. ) and *nšm.

    Cf. *šwp 'to blow, smell' (No. ).

    [AHw 758]: AKK, HBR, ARM, ARB (nsf); [KB 730]: HBR, ARM, AKK

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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nVsVp-
Meaning: blow, breathe
Semitic: *nVšVp- 'to blow, breathe, winnow'
Egyptian: nšp (gr) 'breathe'
Notes: Cf. *sa/uf- 'to blow, smell, breathe'; *naPVs-'breathing'.
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Old Egyptian: nšp (gr)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'breathe'
Notes: -š- instead of the expected -s- may be a late development.
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