# \*šitl-: 'shoot, slip, seedling; to plant, transplant'

> Proto-Semitic *šitl-, 'shoot, slip, seedling; to plant, transplant': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šitl- |
| Meaning | 'shoot, slip, seedling; to plant, transplant' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | šitlu(m) (HALOT 1670; AHw 1251) | HALOT 1670; AHw 1251 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šātal (HALOT 1670); šātûl (Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8); šǝtîl (Ps 128:3; HALOT 1670) | HALOT 1670 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šǝtal (HALOT 1670); šǝtîlā (HALOT 1670) | HALOT 1670 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | štal (Brock. 812a); šetlā (HALOT 1670) | Brock. 812a; HALOT 1670 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ŠTL (HALOT 1670); šitla (HALOT 1670) | HALOT 1670 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | šatala; šatla (HALOT 1670) | HALOT 1670 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | sithil (Greek-letter spelling σιθιλ, Dioscorides) (Krahmalkov 485, s.v. ŠTL) | Krahmalkov 485, s.v. ŠTL | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | sa-ti-um /Satil/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 263) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 263 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Distribution: East Semitic (Akkadian) and NWS (Canaanite, Aramaic). HALOT 1670 gives Akk. šatālu 'to plant' (AHw. 1033a; CAD S 197b) and Punic σιθιλεσάδε, cited by Nöldeke (ZDMG 57, 1903, 417) from Dioscurides 3:66. √nṭʕ (see 1163) is the general pan-Semitic 'to plant'; √š-t-l is specialised for deliberate transplantation, often metaphorical (Ps 1:3).

## Linked from

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

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