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s w s

24 lemmas · 7 languages
hollow (II-weak)Middle consonant is w or y. The vowel contracts in the perfect (q-w-l → qāla 'said'), producing a 'hollow' surface. Known as mediae infirmae.T Gen.49.17
Themes:horse·9mare·4stallion·3groom·2horses·2
POS shape:noun·20verb·4

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-w-sProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewסוּסס ו סhorse
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicסוסיאס ו סhorse
Syriacܣܘܣܝܐܣ ܘ ܣhorse, stallion
Assyrian NAܣܘܼܣܹܐܣ ܘ ܣhorse, stallion
Mandaicࡍࡅࡍࡀࡍ ࡅ ࡍfish
Arabic
Arabicسَاسَس و سto direct, to govern, to rule, to manipulate, to groom, to manage, to cox, to steer
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicሰዋሰውሰ ወ ሰgrammar

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 · 2 lemmas
  • sūsyānouninferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Exod 15:1Wiktionary ↗
    horse
    Compare Hebrew סוּס (sūs), Aramaic סוּסְיָא (sūsəyā), Phoenician 𐤎𐤎 (ss /⁠sys⁠/), Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm), Classical Syriac ܣܘܣܝܐ (sūsyā) and Ugaritic 𐎒𐎒𐎆 (ssw).
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    horse, mare

Classical Syriac

syc · 3 lemmas

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 3 lemmas
  • sūsēnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    horse, stallion
    Originally the absolute state of Aramaic סוּסיָא (sūsyā); compare Classical Syriac ܣܘܼܣܝܵܐ (sūsyā), Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm), and Hebrew סוּס (sus).
  • sustānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine of ܣܘܼܣܹܐ (sūsē): horse mare
    Compare Hebrew סוּסָה (sûsâ).
  • susyatenouninferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine plural of ܣܘܼܣܬܵܐ (sustā): mares, ponytails

Hebrew

he · 6 lemmas

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • sāsaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to direct, to govern, to rule, to manipulate, to groom, to manage, to cox, to steer
  • sawisaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to be gnawed, to be eaten away, to be rotten (especially by moth-worms or weevils)
    Typically declared as inherited from Proto-Semitic *sūs- (“moth; insect especially one that bites or chews up materials”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *suʔw- (“a kind of insect”), cognates with Akkadian 𒌨𒈨 (sāsum, “moth; biting insect”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ססא (sāsā), Hebrew סָס (sās), Classical Syriac ܣܣܐ (sāsā),…
  • sawwasaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to give someone regimen over, to let govern
  • siyāsanounattestedWiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of سَاسَ (sāsa) (form I)
    2 derivations
  • sūsnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    licorice
    Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּשָׁא / ܫܽܘܫܳܐ (šūšā, “licorice”), from Akkadian 𒄑𒊺𒆕𒀀 (šūšum, “licorice”).
    3 derivations
  • tasawwasaverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to be affected by worms, to be affected by mite
    Denominal verb of سُوس (sūs, “curculio”).
  • tasawwusnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of تَسَوَّسَ (tasawwasa) (form V)
    Denominal verb of سُوس (sūs, “curculio”).
  • sāʔisnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    stableman, hostler (a person who takes after horses)
    Derived from the active participle of the verb سَاسَ (sāsa, “to govern”).

Amharic

am · 1 lemma

Classical Mandaic

mid · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with s-w-s

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