# \*šḳm: 'to be ill'

> Proto-Semitic *šḳm, 'to be ill': reflexes in 3 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šḳm |
| Meaning | 'to be ill' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| 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 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

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

## Linked from

- [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>)

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