# \*šrr: 'to fly, jump'

> Proto-Semitic *šrr, 'to fly, jump': reflexes in 12 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 | \*šrr |
| Meaning | 'to fly, jump' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3014 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | swr (LGz. 514) | LGz. 514 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | šarāru (LGz. 514; AHw 1185) | LGz. 514; AHw 1185 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | särra, särerät |  | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | msrr (LGz. 514) | LGz. 514 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | s/ŝarara (LGz. 514) | LGz. 514 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | särrärä |  | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | särrärä |  | gloss withheld |
| Harari | särära |  | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | srsr ? (LGz. 514) | LGz. 514 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | särrära |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | särärä |  | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | (?) sa-la-lum /S-r-r/ (= Sum. á-gír-tag) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 261); sa-la-lum /šarārum/ (G inf.), sa-ra-ra-tù /šarārtu(m)/ (VE 543; Hajouz 2013, 726) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 261; VE 543; Hajouz 2013, 726 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Sjöberg apud Hajouz 2013, 726 sets VE 543 sa-ra-ra-tù beside Akk. sarartu 'treachery', sa-la-lum then a form of sarārum 'to cheat'.

## Linked from

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

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