s k t
18 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.33.17
Themes:pin·3peg·2railroad·2silent·2sakata·2
POS shape:noun·12verb·4name·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
*s-k-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewמַסְכֵּתס כ ת— stethoscope
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicסכתאס כ ת— pin, peg
Syriacܣܟܬܐܣ ܟ ܬ— pin, peg, pole
Assyrian NAܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܦܪܸܙܠܵܐܣ ܟ ܬ— railroad, railway, railroad track
Mandaicࡍࡉࡔࡉࡌࡕࡀࡍ ࡉ ࡔ— soul
Arabic
Arabicسَكَتَس ك ت— to be silent
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመስኮትሰ ከ ተ— window
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- pin, peg
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- pin, peg, poleFrom Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum). Cognate with Arabic سِكَّة (sikka) and Hebrew סִכָּה (sikkā́).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- railroad, railway, railroad trackCalque of Arabic سِكَّة حَدِيد (sikkat ḥadīd), itself a calque of French chemin de fer (literally “way of iron”).
Hebrew
he · 5 lemmas- stethoscope
- sketch, radio play
- defective spelling of סוכות
- plural indefinite form of מַסֶּכֶת (masékhet)
- safety pin
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to be silentCompare Hebrew שָׁקַט (shakát, “rest, be in peace”).
- silent, quietDerived from the active participle of the verb سَكَتَ (sakata, “to be silent”).
- a single interval of silenceInstance noun from سَكَتَ (sakata, “to become silent”).
- verbal noun of سَكَتَ (sakata) (form I)
- verbal noun of سَكَتَ (sakata) (form I)Verbal noun of سَكَتَ (sakata).
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- window
Classical Mandaic
mid · 1 lemma- soul