*sVḥaḳ-: 'break, crush, grind' 1, 'to wear out' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*sVḥaḳ-
Meaning'break, crush, grind' 1, 'to wear out' 2
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1271

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicsḥq [-a-]; saḥaqa 'pounded' 1 (Lane 1318); saḥaqahu 'he wore it out' 2 (Lane 1318); insaḥaqa 'it became worn out, threadbare' 2; saḥq 'an old and worn-out garment' 2 (Lane 1319)Lane 1318; Lane 1319; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šḥq
Mehriseḥaq
Akkadians/zâqu
Harsusiseḥaq
Jibbalisḥaḳ
Hebrewšḥq (HALOT 1464); šaḥaq (BDB 1006)HALOT 1464; BDB 1006; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šḥqgloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicšəḥaq (HALOT 1464)HALOT 1464gloss withheld
AramaicCPArm. *šḥq (HALOT 1464); ŠḤQ (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1121)HALOT 1464; Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1121; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šḥqgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicšəḥaq (HALOT 1464); šḥaq (Payne Smith 572); šḥīqā 2 (Payne Smith 572)HALOT 1464; Payne Smith 572gloss withheld
Mandaic AramaicŠHQ (HALOT 1464)HALOT 1464
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic sḥq; sḥq (Al-Jallad 2026, 131)Al-Jallad 2026 131gloss withheld
CanaaniteEG SYLL ša=ḥa=qa, ša=ḥa={ḥ}=q, ša=ḥa=qa={-r} /*šaḥaqa/ 1 (Hoch 287–288)Hoch 287–288gloss withheld

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Notes

Hebrew and Aramaic šḥq (HALOT 1464) have š, with Akkadian šēqu; Arabic saḥaqa, the MSA forms and Akkadian s/zâqu have s.

Updated 2 November 2026

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