# \*širr- 1, \*šrr 2: 'secret, mystery' 1, 'confide, divulge (a secret)' 2, 'valley slope, cultivated land; good land' 3 > Proto-Semitic *širr- 1, *šrr 2, 'secret, mystery' 1, 'confide, divulge (a secret)' 2, 'valley slope, cultivated land; good land' 3: reflexes in 2 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [š](). Updated 2026-11-03. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*širr- 1, \*šrr 2 | | Meaning | 'secret, mystery' 1, 'confide, divulge (a secret)' 2, 'valley slope, cultivated land; good land' 3 | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | sirr- (BK 1 1074), sarīrat- (BK 1 1076); srr III, IV (BK 1 1074); sirr, ʾasirrat 3 (Biella 346) | BK 1 1074; BK 1 1076; Biella 346 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab sr(n), du. srnhn, pl. ʾsrr(n) 3 (Biella 346) | Biella 346 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes 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). ## Linked from - [š]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/3183_secret_mystery_1_confide_divulge_a_secret_2_vall/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.