# \*ṣrr 'bag, purse'

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

- Author's gloss: bag, purse, bundle
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%A3/3607_bag_purse.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-RA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA-RA/index.md>) (ṣarār-): bundle, bag (commodity or container)

## Notes

Noun of 1484 *ṣVr- 'press together, wrap'. HALOT 1054 sets Arabic ṣurrat and Syriac and Judaic Aramaic ṣǝrārā beside Hebrew ṣǝrôr.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: ṣǝrôr (HALOT 1054) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ṣrārā (Payne Smith 485) (HALOT 1054) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ṣǝrārā (HALOT 1054) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṣurrat 'a purse for money' (Lane 1672)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.