# \*mu/agl-: 'pus'

> Proto-Semitic *mu/agl-, 'pus': reflexes in 10 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 | \*mu/agl- |
| Meaning | 'pus' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2151 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | muǧl- 'blister that comes on the hands as a result of work' \[BK 2 1065\]; mǧl 'to have blisters, to be covered in blisters (said of the hands)' \[BK 2 1065\] | BK 2 1065 |  |
| Tigre | mägǝl \[LH 142\]; mägälä \[ibid.\] | LH 142 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | mǝgl \[LGz 332\]; mgl \[ibid.\] | LGz 332 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | YEM miǯl \[Piamenta 460\], DAṮ miǯl \[GD 2676\] | Piamenta 460; GD 2676 |  |
| Amharic | mägǝl \[K 337\]; mäggälä \[ibid. 336\] | K 337; K 336 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | muglā \[Ja 738\] | Ja 738 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | muglā \[Brock 373\] | Brock 373 |  |
| Tigrinya | mägli \[Bass 124\]; mägälä 'to rot, to suppurate' \[ibid.\] | Bass 124 |  |
| Argobba | məgəl \[LArg. 211\] | LArg. 211 |  |
| Harari | mägäla (LGz. 332) | LGz. 332 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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