Proto-Semitic root
*wVšVn- 1 ~ *ši/un(-at)- 2
‘to sleep’ 1, ‘sleep, dream’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to sleep; sleep, dream
Record 1167 ↗ · SED semet 1217 · Basis: SED, edited
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes17 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianšittu OB, SB [CAD š 3 140], [AHw 1252]also šuttu OA, OB on [CAD š3 405], [AHw 1292-1293]gloss withheld
- Eblaiticsi-tum, šit-t-um (HALOT 1601, 1602) (apud Fronzaroli)si-tum /šittum/ (VE 1131; Krebernik 1983, 40)/w-s₁-n/: cf. names si-na-du, si-na-ḫu, si-na-ma-lik/Sinat/: cf. name si-na-dusi-dè, si-tum /Sitt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 359)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- Mandaic Aramaicšinta [DM 462]gloss withheld
- Ugariticyšn [Aist 137-138], šnt [ibid.]gloss withheld
- Hebrewyšn (ḳal) (HALOT 447), šēnā (HALOT 1601)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicšēntā, šēnā, šintāšǝnā (šäntā) (n.) [Ja 1564], [DJPA 560a apud CAL]gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicšentā ‘sleep’ [Brock 789]
- AramaicSAMAL šnh [HJ 1175]gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicsuff. šint- ‘sleep’ (BDB 1096)
Arabic2
- Arabicwsn 'to be asleep in a deep sleepto be in one’s first sleepto doze‘ [BK 1 1538], sinat-, wasnat-, wasanat- ’desire to sleep, drowsinessdeep sleepfirst sleep‘, wasan- ’deep sleep' [ibid. 1539]BK 1539
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic wsn (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 147)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSAB s1nt [SD 163; Sabaweb lemma 1894]gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian5
- Mehrišǝnēt [JM 432]gloss withheld
- Soqotrišínoh [LS 419]míšin [LS 252]gloss withheld
- Harsusišenēt [JH 124]gloss withheld
- Jibbalis̃ónút [JJ 293]gloss withheld
- Geezʔaswana [LGz. 520]
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.