# \*puṣ̂-: 'break, crush'

> Proto-Semitic *puṣ̂-, 'break, crush': reflexes in 9 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>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*puṣ̂- |
| Meaning | 'break, crush' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1870 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | fḍḍ \[-u-\]; faḍḍa 'he broke it; he broke it asunder, or into several pieces' (Lane 2408) | Lane 2408 |  |
| Hebrew | pṣpṣ |  |  |
| Aramaic | pʿʿ (HALOT 954) | HALOT 954 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | pʿʿ (HALOT 954) | HALOT 954 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | pʿʿ (HALOT 954); paʿ; paʿʿeʿ (Payne Smith 453) | HALOT 954; Payne Smith 453 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | paʾāṣu (pêṣu) (CAD P 1) | CAD P 1 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Cha. End. Enn. Gye. fəṭäfäṭä, Ezha Muh. Msq. Gog. Sod. fəṭäffäṭä (EDG 250 apud SEDonline 1325) | EDG 250; SEDonline 1325 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Sel. fiṭäfäṭä, Wol. fəṭäfäṭä (EDG 250 apud SEDonline 1325) | EDG 250; SEDonline 1325 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | fäṭäffäṭä (AED 2345 apud SEDonline 1325) | AED 2345; SEDonline 1325 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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