Proto-Semitic root
*šidṯ-
‘six’
di Mino’s gloss: six; sixth; sixty
Record S98 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
OLA80 §35.11. Related to Egyptian śrš/ślš-w, Libyco-Berber sdis, Hausa šidda. Ugaritic ṯṯ from *šidṯ- > *šiṯṯ- (cf. ṯdṯ ‘sixth time’, CUC).
Reflexes25 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianšeššet (AHw 1220)šeššu (fem. šedištu) (CAD Š/2 337–338)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic9
- Hebrewšiššā (OLA80 §35.2, §35.11)
- Ugariticṯṯ (OLA80 §35.11)
- Aramaicšt (DNWSI 1196)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ṯṯ
- Punicšš (HALOT 1663)N.Pu. ššm, šyšm (T 333)št (Krahmalkov 483)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicštāštīn (SEDRA 3331, 3332)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianšš (T 333)ššt (Krahmalkov 483)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicšit (LGz. 487; MD 464)
- Judaic Aramaicšît, šittā (HALOT 1663)
- Biblical Aramaicšēt (HALOT 1663)
Arabic2
- Arabicsitta (OLA80 §35.2, §35.11)
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic st (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 123)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab s1dṯ (SD 124; Sabaweb lemma 1382)Sab sṯ (f.), sṯṯ(n) (m.)sṯy, sty (Biella 347)sdṯ (f.), in sdṯ mʾnsdṯy (Biella 328)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian12
- Mehriyǝtīthǝtt (Rubin 2018 295, 297)šīdǝṯ (Rubin 2018 300)gloss withheld
- Geezsəds, səssu, səddəstu (LGz. 486)
- Jibbalištit (LGz. 487)
- Tigrinyašəddəštä (LGz. 487)
- Tigresəs (LGz. 487)
- Amharicsəddəst (LGz. 487)
- Argobbasəddəst (LGz. 487)
- Gafatsəddəstä (LGz. 487)
- Hararisiddisti (LGz. 487)
- Guragesədəst (LGz. 487)
- Modern South ArabianBathari yət(t)ēt (Gasparini - Morris 2025 162 apud SEDonline 856)gloss withheld
- East EthiopicSel. Wol. Zwy. səddəst (EDG 536 apud SEDonline 856)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.