# \*ksʾ: 'full moon'

> Proto-Semitic *ksʾ, 'full moon': reflexes in 7 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>) › [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ksʾ |
| Meaning | 'full moon' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ksʾ (Al-Jallad 2026, 83) | Al-Jallad 2026 83 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | keseʾ, kēseh (HALOT 487) | HALOT 487 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | yrḫ ksʾ (HALOT 487) | HALOT 487 |  |
| Phoenician | ksʾ, in the name ʿbdksʾ (HALOT 487); ksʾ, in wbksʾm (Krahmalkov 237) | HALOT 487; Krahmalkov 237 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | kesāʾ (HALOT 487) | HALOT 487 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | kusʾ (HALOT 487) | HALOT 487 |  |
| Akkadian | kusēʾu, agû (HALOT 487) | HALOT 487 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

HALOT 487 takes Hebrew keseʾ as a loan from Akkadian kusēʾu. Al-Jallad (2026, 83) adds Jewish Babylonian ksʾʾ (kessā). The one Safaitic attestation reads b-ksʾ mlḥ 'at the setting of mlḥ' (C 523).

## Linked from

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

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.