# \*šalpūḥ-at- {} \*salpūḥ-at-: 'bladder, inflated (sexual) organ'

> Proto-Semitic *šalpūḥ-at- {} *salpūḥ-at-, 'bladder, inflated (sexual) organ': reflexes in 4 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>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šalpūḥ-at- {} \*salpūḥ-at- |
| Meaning | 'bladder, inflated (sexual) organ' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2202 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | šafallāḥ 'a woman's private parts, very developed and thick; a woman whose vagina is very ample, thick; a man who has large buttocks, or thick lips' \[BK 1 1250\] | BK 1 1250 |  |
| Hebrew | PB šalpūḥīt 'womb; the (bladder-like) gullet of a bird' \[Ja 1587-8\]; šlḥwpw/yt do. \[ibid. 1581\] | Ja 1587-8; Ja 1581 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | šilpūḥā 'bladder (of a fish)' \[Ja 1563\] | Ja 1563 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | šalpūḥǝtā 'bladder; blister/pustule' \[Brock 784\] | Brock 784 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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