# \*ʕVṭiš-: 'to sneeze'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕVṭiš-, 'to sneeze': reflexes in 16 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕVṭiš- |
| Meaning | 'to sneeze' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 81 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕṭs (-i-) \[BK 2 285\] | BK 2 285 |  |
| Mehri | ʔáwṭǝh (yāṭāh) \[JM 34\] | JM 34 |  |
| Soqotri | ʕéṭoš \[LS 306\] | LS 306 |  |
| East Ethiopic | SEL anṭǝšš \*balä-, WOL ǝnṭiššo balä-, ZWY haṭṭišo bālä- \[LGur 109\] | LGur 109 |  |
| Geez | ʕṭs; ʕaṭasa (LGz. 77) | LGz. 77 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | CHA äṭiššä barä-, EŽA ǝṭṭǝš amännä-, GYE aṭǝšä barä-, at-reṭäsä, ENN ä~ṭšä barä-, at-rǟṭäsä, END anṭiššu barä-, haṭṭiššu barä-, MUH anṭǝšš \*balä-, at-näṭṭäsä-, MSQ ǝnṭǝšše barä-, GOG anṭǝšš \*balä-, at-näṭṭäsä-, SOD at-niṭṭäsä, EZ̆A at-räṭṭäsä, CHA at-rätäsä- \[ibid.\] |  |  |
| Jibbali | ʕɔṭɔš (yʕéṭǝš) \[JJ 19\] | JJ 19 |  |
| Hebrew | ʕăṭīšā (HALOT 814) | HALOT 814 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | anäṭṭäsä \[K 1251\] | K 1251 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕăṭaš, ʕăṭēš \[Ja 1065\]; \[DJPA 402a apud CAL\] | Ja 1065; DJPA 402a; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕăṭāšā 'sneeze' \[Brock 521\] | Brock 521 |  |
| Aramaic | ʿṬŠ (CAL s.v. ʿṭš) | CAL s.v. ʿṭš; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿṭš | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ʔaṭōš (yāṭeš) (SED I 275) | SED I 275 |  |
| Tigre | ḥaṭṭäša, ḥanṭäša (LGz. 77) | LGz. 77 |  |
| Tigrinya | haṭäsä, hanṭäšä, ʾənṭəšo bälä (LGz. 77) | LGz. 77 |  |
| Harari | ḥaṭṭiš bāya (LGz. 77) | LGz. 77 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Linked from

- [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>)

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