# \*nśʾ- 'to lift, carry, bear' 1, 'chief, prince (one lifted up)' 2, 'to take away, forgive' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to lift, carry; prince, chief
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/n/S38_to_lift_carry_bear_1_chief_prince_one_lifted_up.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-NA-SI/index.md>) (Ḏā-Naśiʾ): He of Naśiʾ (personal name heading HT 126a)
- [NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NA-SI/index.md>) (nasīʾ): chief, prince (nasīʾ), broken before NA

## Notes

The noun 'rising clouds, mist' is 3637.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: našû (CAD N/2 97) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: na-si-NI /nāśiʔ(i/u)/, in a-na-a na-si-NI (VE 723; Krebernik 1983, 27–28); ʔa₅-si, ʔa₅-su, i-si /n-S-ʾ/ 1; na-si-i a-na-a /nāSiʾ/ 2 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 106) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: nšʾ (DULAT 639); ynšʾ (KTU 1.2 iv 16); nšʾ ʿn (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: n-ś-ʾ 'take' (BDB 1103)
- Judaic Aramaic: nsʾ (HALOT 724)
- Aramaic: nsʾ (HALOT 724)
- Canaanite: našśā; yinašši (HALOT 724)
- Phoenician: nšʾ (HALOT 727); yšʾ (T 221) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: nśʾ: jaśśiʾ, naśūʾum (Gelb AS 21, 27); naśīʾu, nāśiʾ, yaśśiʾ (Buck 2019, 330); n-S-ʾ 1: ia-áš-si-ia-an, i-si-ᵈda-gan, ià-ši-li-im (Ur III); nāSiʾ 2: ḫa-mu-la-na-sí, ia-aḫ-wi-na-si, ia-du-ur-na-si (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 106) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: nšʾ, nʾšʾ (T 222) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: našaʾa (Lane 2790) (HALOT 724) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ns2ʾ (SD 98, 99; Sabaweb lemmas 6235, 4675) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: našʾa (HALOT 724)
- Tigre: nasʾa (HALOT 724)
- Amharic: našā (HALOT 724)
- Soqotri: miśiʾoḥ (LGz. 404) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: näsʾe (LGz. 404)
- Argobba: nässa (LGz. 404)
- Harari: näsaʾa (LGz. 404) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: nässa (LGz. 404) (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.