# \*mašḥ- 'to anoint, smear'

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

- Author's gloss: to anoint, rub with oil
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/2714_to_anoint_smear.md

## In Linear A

- [OLE+MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BMI/index.md>) (mišḥā): anointing oil (mišḥā)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: muššuʾu (LGz. 363)
- Eblaitic: ma-zi-ʔà /m-S-ḥ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 55) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: mšḥ (DULAT 582) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: māšaḥ (HALOT 643) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: mšāḥā (HALOT 644; Payne Smith 305) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: mša (mšḥ) (LGz. 363)
- Punic: messe (Neo-Punic; Krahmalkov 315) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: mśḥ: maśīḥum, maśīḥa, maśḥum, maśḥatum (Gelb AS 21, 25); m-S-ḥ: ia-am-sa-aḫ, ia-am-sa-ḫi-ìl, na-am-si-e-ᵈIM; maSḥ: ma-aš-ḫu-um, ma-aš-ha-tum; maSīḥ: cf. ma-si-ḫu-um, ma-si-ḫa-an; muSāḥ: mu-sa-ḫu-um, mu-sa-aḫ-ḫu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 55) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: məšaḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְשַׁח) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: mšḥ (DNWSI 699) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: masaḥa 'to wipe, rub' (BK 2, 1102), masḥat- 'rubbing, anointing with oil or chrism' (BK 2, 1103)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ms1ḥ (SD 87) (Sabaweb lemma 4556) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: masḥa (HALOT 643)
- Tigrinya: məsḥo (LGz. 363) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: (a)mʷaššä (LGz. 363) (gloss withheld)

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