Proto-Semitic root
*mašḥ-
‘to anoint, smear’
di Mino’s gloss: to anoint, rub with oil
Record 2714 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes15 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianmuššuʾu (LGz. 363)
- Eblaiticma-zi-ʔà /m-S-ḥ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 55)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic8
- Ugariticmšḥ (DULAT 582)gloss withheld
- Hebrewmāšaḥ (HALOT 643)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicmšāḥā (HALOT 644; Payne Smith 305)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicmša (mšḥ) (LGz. 363)
- Punicmesse (Neo-Punic; Krahmalkov 315)gloss withheld
- Amoritemśḥ: maśīḥum, maśīḥa, maśḥum, maśḥatum (Gelb AS 21, 25)m-S-ḥ: ia-am-sa-aḫ, ia-am-sa-ḫi-ìl, na-am-si-e-ᵈIMmaSḥ: ma-aš-ḫu-um, ma-aš-ha-tummaSīḥ: cf. ma-si-ḫu-um, ma-si-ḫa-anmuSāḥ: mu-sa-ḫu-um, mu-sa-aḫ-ḫu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 55)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicməšaḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְשַׁח)gloss withheld
- Aramaicmšḥ (DNWSI 699)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicmasaḥa ‘to wipe, rub’ (BK 2, 1102), masḥat- ‘rubbing, anointing with oil or chrism’ (BK 2, 1103)
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ms1ḥ (SD 87) (Sabaweb lemma 4556)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3
- Geezmasḥa (HALOT 643)
- Tigrinyaməsḥo (LGz. 363)gloss withheld
- Amharic(a)mʷaššä (LGz. 363)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.