# \*sagar- 'close' 1, 'to hand over' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to shut, close, bar; hand over
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/s/K0391_close_1_to_hand_over_2.md

## In Linear A

- [SU-KI-RI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-KI-RI-TA/index.md>) (Sukrita): Sukrita (place name; Linear B su-ki-ri-ta)
- [SU-KI-RI-TE-I-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-KI-RI-TE-I-JA/index.md>) (Sukritēya): of Sukrita (Sybrita): origin label on a jar

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: sekēru 1; šigaru 1 (HALOT 742) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: zi-gi-lum (D) /sikrum/, za-gi-rí a (A, B) /sakīri māyī/ 1 (= Sum. a-ušₓ-ki) (VE 612; Bonechi 2008, 7); SaGar, SiGar 1: za-ga-ri-iš, zi-ga-ri-iš (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 189); SāGir 1: za-gi-lum (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 189) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: SGR 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. sgr); SKR 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 786) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sgr]
- Hebrew: sagar 1 (BDB 688); סכר pi. 2, by-form of סגר (HALOT 756); saker 1 (BDB 698) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sgr]
- Punic: sgr 'lock' 1 [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sgr]
- Ugaritic: sgr 1; skr 1; /sukuru/ or /suguru/ 1 (UVST 155–156) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root sgr]
- Judaic Aramaic: msgrtʾ 1; siggōrā 1 (HALOT 604, 742) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: sūgārā 1 (HALOT 742); skar 1 (Payne Smith 378) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: sgr 2 (T 225) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: sgr 1 (T 225)
- Biblical Aramaic: sgr 1 (HALOT 742–743) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: sājūr, sajara 1 (HALOT 742); sakara 1 (Klein s.v. סכר ᴵ; Tāj 12:60; Tāj 12:67) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Amharic: saggʷara 1 (T 225) (gloss withheld)

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