Proto-Semitic root

*rṣ̂w

‘to be glad, satisfied; to accept with pleasure (a sacrifice)’

di Mino’s gloss: to be pleased; to favour, accept with favour

Record 3176 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A1 entry

Notes

PWS *rṣ̂w ‘to be glad, satisfied’ (Kogan 2015: 126 apud SEDonline 1308); Common Semitic except Akkadian (Huffmon APNM 265). Ug. rṣy ‘to treat graciously’ (HALOT 1280) rests on an uncertain text.

Reflexes14 languages

East Semitic1

Northwest Semitic7

Arabic2

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon