# \*šVn(n)ār- ~ \*šurān- 'cat'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: cat, wild cat
- SED semet 2416
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/2190_cat.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-\*301-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-*301-RI/index.md>) (šannāri): Cat (personal name)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šurānu OAkk. on [CAD š3 339], [AHw. 1282] (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: šunara [DM 455], šinarta (fem. of šunara) [DM 462]. (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: šunnārā 'cat' [Ja. 1537], [Levy WT II 501], [Levy WTM III 587].
- Syrian Aramaic: šūrǝnā 'cat' [Brock. 809], 'weasel, an animal that devours hens' [PS 4107]
- Aramaic: Anc. šrn [HJ 1193] (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: Surān: šu-ra-na-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 201) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: sunnār-, sinnawr- 'cat' [BK 1 1151], [Fr. II 365], [Lane 1445], [LA IV 381]; šunārā 'cat' [BK 1 1276], [Fr. II 456], [Lane 1605], [Q II 64]

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: sǝnnáwrǝt [JM 351]. (gloss withheld)
- Harsusi: sennōreh [JH 112].
- Jibbali: sínórt [JJ 231].

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.