# \*ɣalaš-: 'dawn'

> Proto-Semitic *ɣalaš-, 'dawn': reflexes in 2 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>) › [ġ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ghayn/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ɣalaš- |
| Meaning | 'dawn' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punic | ʿlš (Krahmalkov 373) | Krahmalkov 373 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ɣalas 'darkness of the last part of the night, mixed with the light of dawn' (Lane 2281) | Lane 2281 |  |

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

## Notes

Krahmalkov 373 compares Ar. ghalas; the Punic word answers Diodorus Siculus XIII, 90, 1, on the taking of Agrigentum at dawn. Arabic s and Punic š continue \*š.

## Linked from

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

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