# \*šVyVr- 'sing'

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

- Author's gloss: to sing; song
- SED semet 598
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/618_sing.md

## In Linear A

- [SI-RU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>) (šīrūt): sacred song, hymnody (abstract in -ūt of √š-y-r "sing")

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šēru(m) (HALOT 1481; AHw 1219) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: šyr; šr /šīru/ (UVST 181) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: šyr
- Aramaic: šyr (CAL s.v. šyr)
- Phoenician: šr: šrm (T 332) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: šayar 'to sing' (Payne Smith 575)

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