# \*gayŝ-: 'army, raiding detachment; shield; spear' > Proto-Semitic *gayŝ-, 'army, raiding detachment; shield; spear': reflexes in 12 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 | \*gayŝ- | | Meaning | 'army, raiding detachment; shield; spear' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2632 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ǯayš-; ǯyš (cf. ǯawš-ān- rather < ǯawš-) | | gloss withheld | | Tigre | gašša LH 581; cf. gays LH 597 | LH 581; LH 597 | gloss withheld | | Gurage | gašša (two diff. roots in LGur 299); gaš(š)ä (LGur 299: represents gažžä, but see Tgr!) | LGur 299; LGur 299: represents gažžä, but see Tgr! | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | s̃ǝ-gēŝ, s̃ǝ-gyéŝ | | gloss withheld | | Amharic | gašša LGur 299, LGz 209; gayso (ibid.) | LGur 299; LGz 209 | gloss withheld | | Argobba | gašša LGur 299 | LGur 299 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | gašša LGur 299 | LGur 299 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | gaysā 'band of robbers; foray' (Payne Smith 69) | Payne Smith 69 | | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic gś (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 73) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 73 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | gaysā (Biella 72) | Biella 72 | | | Mehri | giyôś (Biella 72) | Biella 72 | | | Modern Arabic | ǧaysh, geǧš (Biella 72) | Biella 72 | | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Geez gāys, gāyso (LGz. 209) is from Greek gaisos (Ludolf apud LGz. 209). Epigraphic South Arabian gys2 (SD 52) (<Arb.?). ## Linked from - [G]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/2378_army_raiding_detachment_shield_spear/ 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.