# \*gVŝŝ-: 'side of body; body; chest' > Proto-Semitic *gVŝŝ-, 'side of body; body; chest': reflexes in 10 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [G](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*gVŝŝ- | | Meaning | 'side of body; body; chest' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2607 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ǧawš- 'chest; middle (of a man's body)' \[BK 1 356\], ǧūš-, ǧawš- 'chest' \[ibid.\]; cf. ǧašš- 'middle of the back, vertebrae (of a beast of burden)' \[ibid. 295\], ǧuʔšūš- 'chest' \[ibid. 245\], ǧaʔš- 'heart, soul, spirit' \[ibid.\], ǧāš-, ǧāyišat- do. \[ibid. 362\]; cf. maǧass-at- 'chest' \[ibid. 293\] | BK 1 356; BK 295; BK 245; BK 362; BK 293 | | | Mehri | gǝŝŝēt \[JM 126\] | JM 126 | gloss withheld | | Akkadian | giššu (gilšu) MB on \[CAD g 73\]; \[AHw 288\]. | CAD g 73; AHw 288 | gloss withheld | | Modern Arabic | DAṮ ǧišša 'corpse, dead body' \[GD 283\] | GD 283 | | | Modern Aramaic | AZR gissa \[Garb 307\] | Garb 307 | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | géŝǝ́t \[JJ 79\] | JJ 79 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | PB gäsäs 'side, arm' \[Ja 261\]. | Ja 261 | | | Judaic Aramaic | gīsǝsā 'side, arm' \[Ja 241\] | Ja 241 | | | Syrian Aramaic | gessā 'hip, side (of the tongue, of the palate); girdle of the pubis' \[Brock 126\] | Brock 126 | | | Emar | ge-eš-šu, ge₅-eš-ša /geššu/ (SED II 339) | SED II 339 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [G]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/2354_side_of_body_body_chest/ 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.