*šwʔ: 'to be bad, evil, worthless; to lie desolate'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*šwʔ
Meaning	'to be bad, evil, worthless; to lie desolate'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	šāwˀ/šāw (HALOT 1425 apud SEDonline 1355); šʔh (HALOT 1367)	HALOT 1425; SEDonline 1355; HALOT 1367	gloss withheld
Arabic	swˀ (Lane 1457 apud SEDonline 1355)	Lane 1457; SEDonline 1355	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab. s₁wˀ (SD 129 apud SEDonline 1355); Min. s₁wˀ (LM 84 apud SEDonline 1355)	SD 129; SEDonline 1355; LM 84	gloss withheld
Geez	sayəˀ (LLA 394, CDG 521 apud SEDonline 1355)	LLA 394, CDG 521; SEDonline 1355	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic sʾ; Hismaic sʾ (Al-Jallad 2026, 136)	Al-Jallad 2026 136	gloss withheld

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PWS *šwˀ 'to be bad' (Kogan 2015: 122 apud SEDonline 1355). Gz. sayəˀ is sparsely attested (SEDonline 1355).

Updated 4 November 2026