# \*šalaṭ-: 'to rule, have power, dominate'

> Proto-Semitic *šalaṭ-, 'to rule, have power, dominate': reflexes in 10 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 | \*šalaṭ- |
| Meaning | 'to rule, have power, dominate' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | saluṭa 'to overcome, prevail; to possess power of dominion or rule' (Lane 1405); sulṭān 'power, dominion' (BK 1, 1123) | Lane 1405; BK 1, 1123 |  |
| Akkadian | šalāṭu (CAD Š/1 238; AHw 1147) | CAD Š/1 238; AHw 1147 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šālaṭ (HALOT 1521); šallīṭ (HALOT 1524); šilṭōn (HALOT 1523) | HALOT 1521; HALOT 1524; HALOT 1523 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | šlṭ (DNWSI 1142); šlṭn (DNWSI 1142); šlyṭ (DNWSI 1143) | DNWSI 1142; DNWSI 1143 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | salṭa (Leslau 504) | Leslau 504 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šilṭōnā (HALOT 1523; DJPA 552b apud CAL); šallīṭā (HALOT 1524) | HALOT 1523; DJPA 552b; CAL; HALOT 1524 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | šallīṭ (HALOT 1524) | HALOT 1524 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šlyṭ (HALOT 1524) | HALOT 1524 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | šəlaṭ (LGz. 530; Payne Smith 579) | LGz. 530; Payne Smith 579 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic slṭn (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 122) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 122 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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