# \*ṯ̣il(l)- 'shadow, shade', 'to shade', 'protection', 'shelter, hut'

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

- Author's gloss: shade, shadow; protection, shelter
- SED semet 982
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%BA%93/959_shadow_shade_to_shade_protection_shelter_hut.md

## In Linear A

- [SI-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU/index.md>) (ṣillu): shade, protection (personal-name element)

## Notes

Syr. ṭ is the Aramaic reflex of *ṯ̣.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ṣillu (CAD Ṣ 189; AHw 1101); ṣulūlu (CAD Ṣ 242); maṣallu (CAD M/1 329); ṣulultu (CAD Ṣ 241) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /ṯ̣ill/: names zi-la=DN; cf. zi-la, zi-lu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 333) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ẓl (DULAT 986) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ṣēl (HALOT 1024); ṣālal (LGz. 555) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ṭull-; ṭəlālā (LGz. 555; DNWSI 423 apud CAL) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ṭillā, ṭōlā (HALOT 1024; DJBA 505b apud CAL)
- Syrian Aramaic: ṭellālā (LGz. 555); mṭaltā, maṭaltā (Payne Smith 267) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: ṭula (LGz. 555)
- Amorite: ṣll: ṣalilum, ṣillum (Gelb AS 21, 34); ṣillu / (Buck 2019, 333); ṯ̣ill: cf. zi-la-an, zi-il-la-an, ṣíl-lí-ak-ka (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 333) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ṭll haf. (HALOT 1027–1028) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ẓill- (BK 2, 136); (ʾa)ẓalla (LGz. 555) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ẓlt; ẓllt (Al-Jallad 2026, 176); ẓll (D) (Al-Jallad 2026, 177); Safaitic mẓl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 101) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ẓlt, ẓll (HALOT 1024, 1027); Sab ẓll; mẓllt (SD 172) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ṣelālāt; ṣallala, ṣalala (LGz. 555)
- Jibbali: ẓelel
- Tigre: ṣělāl (HALOT 1024); (ʾa)ṣlälä (LGz. 555) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: ṭällälä, ṭəla (LGz. 555) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ṣəlal, ṣəlalot (LGz. 555) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: ṭəlal (LGz. 555)
- Argobba: ṭəla (LGz. 555)
- Gafat: č̣əlayä (LGz. 555)
- East Ethiopic: Sel. č̣āl, Wol. č̣al, Zwy. č̣āya (EDG 618 apud SEDonline 556) (gloss withheld)
- Harari: č̣āya (EDH 52 apud SEDonline 556) (gloss withheld)

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