*qVṣVʿ-: 'cut off'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*qVṣVʿ-
Meaning'cut off'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South Arabianqṣʿ (HALOT 1124); Sab qṣʿw (Biella 464)HALOT 1124; Biella 464gloss withheld
Hebrewqṣʿ ‘scrape, cut off; make corners’ (BDB 892, 893)BDB 892, 893
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic qṣʿ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Notes

HALOT 1124 sets Aramaic qəṭaʿ beside Hebrew qṣʿ; the Aramaic is K0337 *qVṭVʿ-. HALOT 1124 also gives Geez qaḍʿa and Tigre qaṭʿa, whose ḍ and ṭ do not answer *ṣ.

Updated 22 October 2026

Linked from 1 page

Linear A Lexicon