# \*mi/alḥ-: 'salt'

> Proto-Semitic *mi/alḥ-, 'salt': reflexes in 15 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>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mi/alḥ- |
| Meaning | 'salt' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1825 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | milḥ- 'salt; wit, spiciness', mlḥ 'to salt; to be salted; to be beautiful or good' (BK 2 1144) | BK 2 1144 |  |
| Ugaritic | mlḥ (CUC; DULAT 542) | CUC; DULAT 542 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | malḥ, mǝlḥ, mǝlḥā (LGz. 343) | LGz. 343 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | melaḥ; mlḥ (HALOT 588) | HALOT 588 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | milḥā (HALOT 588; DJPA 309a apud CAL) | HALOT 588; DJPA 309a; CAL |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | melḥā (HALOT 588; Payne Smith 276) | HALOT 588; Payne Smith 276 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | mihlā (HALOT 588) | HALOT 588 |  |
| Soqotri | milḥo (HALOT 588) | HALOT 588 |  |
| Tigre | mälḥa (LGz. 343) | LGz. 343 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | mlḥ (T 179) | T 179 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | məlḥāt (Kogan 2011, 239) | Kogan 2011 239 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | míẑḥɔ́t (Kogan 2011, 239) | Kogan 2011 239 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mlḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 37; Sabaweb lemma 8357) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 37; Sabaweb lemma 8357 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EG SYLL mu₂=ra=ḥ=mu₄ /\*mōliḥimū/ (Hoch 140) | Hoch 140 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | məlaḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַח); mlḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. מלח) | HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַח; HALOT BArm. s.v. מלח | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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