# \*šint- 'acacia'

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

- Author's gloss: acacia
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/3629_acacia.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-SI-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-SI-*118/index.md>) (Ḏā-šiṭṭa): those of Acacia (gentilic, a roster unit); rival the unglossed Dasiṭa

## Notes

A loanword from Egyptian šnd.t, Coptic šonte (HALOT 1473). Hebrew place names: Beth-Shittah (Judg 7:22), Abel-Shittim (Num 33:49). Not 731 *ṭal(V)ḥ- 'acacia'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šamṭu, šanṭu, samṭu (HALOT 1473)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: šiṭṭâ, pl. šiṭṭîm (HALOT 1473) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: pl. šṭyn (HALOT 1473)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: sanṭ (HALOT 1473) (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.