*mḥq: 'to wipe out, erase; obliteration'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*mḥq
Meaning	'to wipe out, erase; obliteration'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic mḥq (Al-Jallad 2026, 91)	Al-Jallad 2026 91	gloss withheld
Phoenician	hmḥq (T 172)	T 172	gloss withheld

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Notes

Al-Jallad (2026, 91) compares Aramaic mḥq 'to wipe out, erase' (CAL, s.v. mḥq v.) and mḥq, mḥqʾ (mḥāq, mḥāqā) 'erasure' (CAL, s.v. mḥq n.). The one Safaitic attestation reads sḥq w mḥq 'total obliteration' (AWS 81).

Updated 3 November 2026

*mḥq: 'to wipe out, erase; obliteration'

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