*šVlVḳ-: 'cut, split' 1, 'strike down' 2

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	slḳ 'to remove, take away; to pierce' BK 2 1127; šlq [-u-] 'to strike with a whip, etc.; to split lengthwise' ibid. 1264	BK 2 1127
Akkadian	šalāqu (AHw 1146)	AHw 1146
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic slq 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 133)	Al-Jallad 2026 133	gloss withheld

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Al-Jallad (2026, 133) compares Arabic salaqa-hu 'he threw him down; he pierced him (with a spear)' (Lane 1409).

Updated 2 November 2026