# \*sʕṭ: 'sweet odour; scented oil; to perfume, season with spices'

> Proto-Semitic *sʕṭ, 'sweet odour; scented oil; to perfume, season with spices': reflexes in 2 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>) › [S](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/s/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-28.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*sʕṭ |
| Meaning | 'sweet odour; scented oil; to perfume, season with spices' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | ṣaʿaṭa (Y.M) ṣəʿṭa (yəṣʿaṭ), (T) ḍəʿṭa; ṣəʿuṭ; ṣəʿiṭ (LGz. 544) | T; LGz. 544 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | saʿīṭ 'sweet or pleasant odour, of wine and the like, or of anything; sharpness, pungency of odour', also 'the oil of the ben; the oil of mustard; the oil of jasmine'; suʿāṭ 'pungency of odour'; suʿāṭ al-misk 'the odour of musk' (Lane 1364) | Lane 1364 |  |

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## Notes

LGz. 544 derives Geez ṣ from s by assimilation to the glottalized ṭ and finds the same in Arabic ṣaʿaṭa: Lane 1690 gives ṣaʿaṭa as a dialectal variant of saʿaṭa 'pour medicine into the nose', Lane 1364 ṣaʿūṭ beside saʿūṭ 'errhine', which ISd takes as assimilation (as ṣirāṭ for sirāṭ), and BK 1 1339 refers ṣʿṭ to sʿṭ.

## Linked from

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

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