Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/M*mVṣ-: 'suck' Root FieldValueReconstruction*mVṣ-Meaning'suck'BasisSEDSEDSEDonline semet 856 Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicmṣṣ a/u,1 (Lane 2717)Lane 2717Mehrimeṣ (LGz. 370)LGz. 370Syrian Aramaicmeṣ (mṣṣ); maṣā (LGz. 370)LGz. 370gloss withheldMandaic Aramaicmuṣ (mṣṣ), mṣa (LGz. 370)LGz. 370Amharicmäṭṭäṭä (LGz. 371); mäṭmäṭä (Kogan 2011, 228)LGz. 371; Kogan 2011 228gloss withheldTigrinyamaṣäyä (LGz. 371)LGz. 371Jibbalimiṣṣ (JL 175 apud SEDonline 997)JL 175; SEDonline 997gloss withheldAramaicMṢṢ (CAL s.v. mṣṣ)CAL s.v. mṣṣ; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mṣṣgloss withheldGeezmṣṣ 'suck'Anderson–Moser 2024 root mṣṣHebrewmaṣaṣ 'drain' (BDB 595)BDB 595; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mṣṣUgariticmṣṣ (DULAT 582)DULAT 582gloss withheldHararimäṭäṭa [LHar 115]LHar 115gloss withheldSoqotrimeṣ (Kogan 2011, 228)Kogan 2011 228gloss withheld A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. Notes Akkadian mazāqu 'suck' is a comparison only: its z and q do not answer *ṣ.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageM