# \*ʕa/irḳ-: 'tendon, muscle, vein, nerve; root' 1, 'lowland, coastal plain' 2 > Proto-Semitic *ʕa/irḳ-, 'tendon, muscle, vein, nerve; root' 1, 'lowland, coastal plain' 2: reflexes in 8 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ʿ](). Updated 2026-11-03. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ʕa/irḳ- | | Meaning | 'tendon, muscle, vein, nerve; root' 1, 'lowland, coastal plain' 2 | | Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected | | SED | SEDonline semet 2007 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ʕirḳ- \[BK 2 229\]; ʿirq 2 (Biella 384) | BK 2 229; Biella 384 | gloss withheld | | Mehri | ʔarḳ \[JM 28\] | JM 28 | gloss withheld | | Soqotri | cf. ʕaroniḳ (and ʕaronik) \[LS 328\]; cf. also ʕárnig \[SSL LS 1453 apud Johnstone Mss\] | LS 328; SSL LS 1453; Johnstone Mss | gloss withheld | | Harsusi | ʔarḳ, ʔāreḳ \[JH 10\] | JH 10 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | ʕäräḳ \[LH 459\] | LH 459 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB ʕrḳ \[SD 19\]; read the personal name ʿArqum (Sabaweb lemma 3826); Sab ʿrq 2 (Biella 384) | SD 19; Sabaweb lemma 3826; Biella 384 | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | ʕarḳ (SED I 22) | SED I 22 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | ì-li-ga-tum, ì-la-ga-t\[um\] /ʕirḳ-at-um/ (SED II 337) | SED II 337 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Har. ḥaräq 'arm above elbow' is a Cushitic loan (Ga. harka, Bed. harka; LHar 86). ## Linked from - [ʿ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/1863_tendon_muscle_vein_nerve_root_1_lowland_coastal/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.