-y / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root -y: Adonai, rabbi.

-y

Common Semitic pronoun suffix *-ī/-ya, my.

1. Adonai, from Hebrew ʔădônāy, my lord, from -ay, my (ʔādôn, lord; see ʔd).
2. rabbi, from Hebrew and Aramaic rabbî, my master, from -ay, my (rab(b), lord; see rbb).

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