ʾ š k
14 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Lev.21.20
Themes:testicle·4testicles·2synonym·2akiyy·2arsacid·2
POS shape:noun·9verb·3root·1adj·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ʾ-š-kProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎀𐎌𐎋𐎗𐎗𐎀 𐎌 𐎋— henbane
Canaanite
Hebrewמְאוּשְׁכָּןא שׁ ך— one having large testicles
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאשכתאא ש כ— testicle
Syriacܐܫܟܬܐܐ ܫ ܟ— testicle
Assyrian NAܐܸܫܟܵܐܐ ܫ ܟ— testicle
Arabic
Arabicأَشْكِلِيء ش ك
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicእሾክአ ሸ ከ— Prothetic form of ሾክ (šok)
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- henbane
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- testicle
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- testicleCompare Akkadian 𒋓 (išku) and Hebrew אֶשֶׁךְ (ʾéšeḵ).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 2 lemmas- testicleCompare Classical Syriac ܐܫܟܬܐ (ʾeškəṯā), Akkadian 𒋓 (išku) and Hebrew אֶשֶׁךְ (éshekh).
- shoemaker, cobbler (worker who makes or repairs shoes)From Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /aškāpu/); compare Arabic إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāf) and Hebrew אֻשְׁכָּף (ʾuškāp̄)
Hebrew
he · 3 lemmas- one having large testicles
- testicleCognate with Akkadian 𒋓 (iškum), Classical Syriac ܐܫܟܬܐ (ʾeškəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎜𐎌𐎋 (ủšk).
- Related to testicles.
Arabic
ar · 5 lemmas- synonym of أَرْشَكِيّ (ʔaršakiyy, “Arsacid”)Borrowed from Persian اشکانی (aškâni), a corruption of earlier ارشکی (aršaki).
- synonym of أَرْشَكِيّ (ʔaršakiyy, “Arsacid”)Borrowed from Persian اشکانی (aškâni), a corruption of earlier ارشکی (aršaki).
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- Prothetic form of ሾክ (šok)