*šwṭ: 'pool, collection of water'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*šwṭ
Meaning	'pool, collection of water'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	sawṭ (HALOT 1440); ʾaswāṭ (Biella 333)	HALOT 1440; Biella 333	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab ʾsyṭ (Biella 333)	Biella 333	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	ŠÀ.A.UŠₓ = sa-a-tum, si-a-tum /Sawṭ, Siyṭ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 267)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 267	gloss withheld

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Notes

Geez soṭa 'to pour, spill, empty' (LGz. 521) is the verb; LGz. 521 also compares Hebrew šōṭ, which HALOT 1441 calls a questionable lexeme. Not K0540 *šVwVṭ- 'whip'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*šwṭ: 'pool, collection of water'

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