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

> Proto-Semitic *pVṣVy-, 'separate' 1, 'to free, release, deliver' 2: reflexes in 5 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 2026-10-27.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pVṣVy- |
| Meaning | 'separate' 1, 'to free, release, deliver' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | faṣā '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 |  |
| Hebrew | pāṣâ 1 (HALOT 953) | HALOT 953 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | pṣā 'to deliver, set free; to escape' 2 (Payne Smith 454); pūṣāyā 'deliverance' 2 (Payne Smith 438) | Payne Smith 454; Payne Smith 438 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | pǝṣāʾ 2, 1; pa. 2 (HALOT 953) | HALOT 953 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic fṣy 2; fṣyt 2 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 70) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 70 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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