# \*ʕaṣay- {} \*ʕac̣ay-: 'backbone'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕaṣay- {} *ʕac̣ay-, 'backbone': reflexes in 4 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 | \*ʕaṣay- {} \*ʕac̣ay- |
| Meaning | 'backbone' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2010 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʕaṣan 'leg bone' \[BK 2 275\]; ʕaṣaṣ-, ʕuṣuṣ- 'tailbone' \[ibid. 266\], ʕuṣʕūṣ- do. \[ibid. 272\] (note -u-) | BK 2 275; BK 266; BK 272 |  |
| Tigre | ʕeṣat, (poet.) ʕǝṣet, pl. ʕawäṣṣi, ʕaṣäṣṣi \[LH 491\]. | LH 491 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕāṣē (HALOT 866) | HALOT 866 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕiṣyā \[Ja 1074\]; ʕyṣy \[DJPA 405a apud CAL\]; SAM ʕṣṣh (HALOT 866) | Ja 1074; DJPA 405a; CAL; HALOT 866 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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