*pVṣVy-: 'separate' 1, 'to free, release, deliver' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*pVṣVy-
Meaning'separate' 1, 'to free, release, deliver' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicfaṣā 'he separated the thing from the thing' 1; tafaṣṣā 'he became freed, free, or released' 2; faṣyat, faṣiyyat 'freedom, or release, from a thing or state' 2 (Lane 2408)Lane 2408
Hebrewpāṣâ 1 (HALOT 953)HALOT 953gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicpṣā 'to deliver, set free; to escape' 2 (Payne Smith 454); pūṣāyā 'deliverance' 2 (Payne Smith 438)Payne Smith 454; Payne Smith 438
Judaic Aramaicpǝṣāʾ 2, 1; pa. 2 (HALOT 953)HALOT 953gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic fṣy 2; fṣyt 2 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 70)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 70gloss withheld

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Notes

Hebrew pṣh 'to set free' (Ps 144:7, 10–11) is an Aramaic loanword (HALOT 953; Wagner 231).

Updated 27 October 2026

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