*širr- 1, *šrr 2: 'secret, mystery' 1, 'confide, divulge (a secret)' 2, 'valley slope, cultivated land; good land' 3

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Gz. sǝwwǝrāt 'mysteries', pl. of sǝwwǝr 'hidden, concealed, secret', from sawwara 'to hide, conceal' (LGz. 520-1): Dillmann compares Arb. srr 'to confide a secret'; Leslau sets it beside Aram. swyr 'hide', and Rundgren derives it from ʕwr 'be blind' with a causative s- (ibid.). BK files under the same root sarar-, sirar- 'line, crease on the forehead or on the palm of the hand' and surr-, sarar- 'umbilical cord' (cf. 2387 *šurr- 'navel') (BK 1 1074-5).