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

> Proto-Semitic *ḳuṣ-, 'cut' 1, 'settle accounts, repay' 2, 'set aside, dedicate' 3: reflexes in 18 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>) › [Q](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/q/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḳuṣ- |
| Meaning | 'cut' 1, 'settle accounts, repay' 2, 'set aside, dedicate' 3 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 553 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab qṣṣ 2 (Biella 464) | Biella 464 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | qṣṣ \[-u-\] (Lane 2526); qāṣaṣa 2 (Biella 464) | Lane 2526; Biella 464 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | qeṣ |  |  |
| Akkadian | qaṣāṣu; kaṣāṣu (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | qṣ; qṣṣ (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 |  |
| Hebrew | qṣṣ, qṣy/w (BDB 893; HALOT 1125) | BDB 893; HALOT 1125 |  |
| Aramaic | qṣṣ (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 211 apud CAL) | Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | qəṣā (HALOT 1120; DJPA 501a apud CAL) | HALOT 1120; DJPA 501a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | qəṣā (HALOT 1120) | HALOT 1120 |  |
| Phoenician | qṣ (HALOT 1120); qṣy (LGz. 451) | HALOT 1120; LGz. 451 |  |
| Punic | qṣ (HALOT 1120) | HALOT 1120 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | qəṣā (HALOT 1120; Payne Smith 515) | HALOT 1120; Payne Smith 515 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | QṢṢ (HALOT 1125) | HALOT 1125 |  |
| Geez | qaṣaya (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | qäṣäyä, qʷäṣäyä (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 |  |
| Amharic | qäč̣č̣ä (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 |  |
| Harari | qōč̣a (LGz. 451) | LGz. 451 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic qṣy 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 114) | Al-Jallad 2026 114 | gloss 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'.

## Linked from

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

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