# \*māwit-: 'death; Mot (god of death)'

> Proto-Semitic *māwit-, 'death; Mot (god of death)': reflexes in 13 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*māwit- |
| Meaning | 'death; Mot (god of death)' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | mawt- 'death' (BK 2, 1165) | BK 2, 1165 |  |
| Akkadian | mūtu (CAD M/2 313) | CAD M/2 313 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mt (DULAT 589) | DULAT 589 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mt (T 204) | T 204 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | māwet (HALOT 563) | HALOT 563 | gloss withheld |
| Greek | Μουθ (OLA80 §21.9,13) | OLA80 §21.9,13 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mwt (SD 89; Biella 269, 270; Sabaweb lemma 2828); Qat. mwt (Ricks 1982 s.v. mwt) | SD 89; Biella 269, 270; Sabaweb lemma 2828; Ricks 1982 s.v. mwt | gloss withheld |
| Geez | māwtā (LGz. 376) | LGz. 376 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mīt 'dead' (Payne Smith 269) | Payne Smith 269 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 100); Dadanitic mt; Thamudic D mt (Al-Jallad 2026, 96) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 100; Al-Jallad 2026 96 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | yamūt (Buck 2019, 329) | Buck 2019, 329 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ma-tim /mawt, mōt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 63); é ma-tim /bayt mawtim/ (Fronzaroli 1995, 53) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 63; Fronzaroli 1995, 53 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | mwt (DNWSI 607) | DNWSI 607 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Biconsonantal CūC verb class alongside \*kwn and \*qwm (Lipiński OLA80 §44.5-8). Heb māwet &lt; \*mawt shows aw &gt; āwe diphthong expansion; Phoenician Μουθ /Mūt/ shows aw &gt; ū monophthongization; Syriac construct mūt vs full mawtā (Lipiński OLA80 §22.6, §22.10). The noun 'plague, pestilence' is 3619.

## Linked from

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

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