# \*šidṯ- 'six'

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

- Author's gloss: six; sixth; sixty
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/S98_six.md

## In Linear A

- [TI-DA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-DA-TA/index.md>) (ṯidṯīta): sixth, the sixth section
- [TI-TI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-TI-MA/index.md>) (ṯiṯṯīma): sixty (numeral)

## 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).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šeššet (AHw 1220); šeššu (fem. šedištu) (CAD Š/2 337–338) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: šiššā (OLA80 §35.2, §35.11)
- Ugaritic: ṯṯ (OLA80 §35.11)
- Aramaic: št (DNWSI 1196) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṯṯ]
- Punic: šš (HALOT 1663); N.Pu. ššm, šyšm (T 333); št (Krahmalkov 483) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: štā; štīn (SEDRA 3331, 3332) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: šš (T 333); ššt (Krahmalkov 483) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: šit (LGz. 487; MD 464)
- Judaic Aramaic: šît, šittā (HALOT 1663)
- Biblical Aramaic: šēt (HALOT 1663)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: sitta (OLA80 §35.2, §35.11)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic st (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 123) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab s1dṯ (SD 124; Sabaweb lemma 1382); Sab sṯ (f.), sṯṯ(n) (m.); sṯy, sty (Biella 347); sdṯ (f.), in sdṯ mʾn; sdṯy (Biella 328) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: yǝtīt; hǝtt (Rubin 2018 295, 297); šīdǝṯ (Rubin 2018 300) (gloss withheld)
- Geez: səds, səssu, səddəstu (LGz. 486)
- Jibbali: štit (LGz. 487)
- Tigrinya: šəddəštä (LGz. 487)
- Tigre: səs (LGz. 487)
- Amharic: səddəst (LGz. 487)
- Argobba: səddəst (LGz. 487)
- Gafat: səddəstä (LGz. 487)
- Harari: siddisti (LGz. 487)
- Gurage: sədəst (LGz. 487)
- Modern South Arabian: Bathari yət(t)ēt (Gasparini - Morris 2025 162 apud SEDonline 856) (gloss withheld)
- East Ethiopic: Sel. Wol. Zwy. səddəst (EDG 536 apud SEDonline 856) (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.