# \*ʾišs- 'fire'

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

- Author's gloss: fire
- SED semet 819
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/812_fire.md

## In Linear A

- [I-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-SI/index.md>) (ʾiššê): fire offering(s)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ʔišatu (CAD I/J 227); išum (HALOT 92)
- Eblaitic: ì-sa-tù (Kogan 2011, 194; VE 783; Krebernik 1983, 30); DN = ᵈGIBIL (VE 783; Krebernik 1983, 30), read ᵈIZI = ì-sa-tù, Sumerian Gibil (Antalík 1998, 43)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: ʕs̃tʔ
- Ugaritic: ʔišt (DULAT 115)
- Phoenician: ʾš (Krahmalkov 76) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʔeš (HALOT 92)
- Aramaic: (Emp) ʔsh, (Bibl) ʔešs-, (Palest) ʔišsat-; ʾš (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʾeššātā (HALOT 92)
- Punic: ʾš 'fire' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾš]

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: ʔǝsat (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 28)
- Geez: ʔǝsāt (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 28)
- Amharic: ǝsat (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 28)
- Gurage: əsat (LGz. 44)
- Gafat: əsatä (LGz. 44)
- Harari: əsāt, isāt (LGz. 44)
- Argobba: əsad (LGz. 44)
- Tigrinya: ʔǝsat (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 28)

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