*šḳm: 'to be ill'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	saqima 'he was, became, diseased, sick, ill' (Lane 1383); suqm 'sickness, illness' (Lane 1383)	Lane 1383
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic sqm (D); sqm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 123); Hismaic sqm; sqm (Al-Jallad 2026, 134)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 123; Al-Jallad 2026 134	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	šaqmā 'ill, sad' (Payne Smith 594)	Payne Smith 594

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Syriac š answers Arabic and Safaitic s as the regular reflex of *š.

Updated 25 October 2026