*ḳuṣ-: 'cut' 1, 'settle accounts, repay' 2, 'set aside, dedicate' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḳuṣ-
Meaning'cut' 1, 'settle accounts, repay' 2, 'set aside, dedicate' 3
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 553

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianSab qṣṣ 2 (Biella 464)Biella 464gloss withheld
Arabicqṣṣ [-u-] (Lane 2526); qāṣaṣa 2 (Biella 464)Lane 2526; Biella 464gloss withheld
Soqotriqeṣ
Akkadianqaṣāṣu; kaṣāṣu (LGz. 451)LGz. 451gloss withheld
Ugariticqṣ; qṣṣ (LGz. 451)LGz. 451
Hebrewqṣṣ, qṣy/w (BDB 893; HALOT 1125)BDB 893; HALOT 1125
Aramaicqṣṣ (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 211 apud CAL)Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL
Judaic Aramaicqəṣā (HALOT 1120; DJPA 501a apud CAL)HALOT 1120; DJPA 501a; CALgloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicqəṣā (HALOT 1120)HALOT 1120
Phoenicianqṣ (HALOT 1120); qṣy (LGz. 451)HALOT 1120; LGz. 451
Punicqṣ (HALOT 1120)HALOT 1120
Syrian Aramaicqəṣā (HALOT 1120; Payne Smith 515)HALOT 1120; Payne Smith 515gloss withheld
Mandaic AramaicQṢṢ (HALOT 1125)HALOT 1125
Geezqaṣaya (LGz. 451)LGz. 451gloss withheld
Tigrinyaqäṣäyä, qʷäṣäyä (LGz. 451)LGz. 451
Amharicqäč̣č̣ä (LGz. 451)LGz. 451
Harariqōč̣a (LGz. 451)LGz. 451
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic qṣy 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 114)Al-Jallad 2026 114gloss withheld

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Notes

Al-Jallad (2026, 114) compares Aramaic qṣy 'to break (as bread)' and, causative, 'to set aside, designate for religious use'.

Updated 3 November 2026

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