# \*šwʕ ~ \*šyʕ: 'to plaster, smear over'

> Proto-Semitic *šwʕ ~ *šyʕ, 'to plaster, smear over': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šwʕ ~ \*šyʕ |
| Meaning | 'to plaster, smear over' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | tasyīʿ 'the act of plastering with mud'; sayyaʿtu l-ḥāʾiṭa 'I plastered the wall with mud and chopped straw'; sayāʿ 'mud mixed with chopped straw, with which one plasters'; misyaʿat 'a plasterer's trowel' (Lane 1485) | Lane 1485 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | šyāʿā 'daubing, plastering; mud layer' (Payne Smith 575); šaʿ 'smooth, plaster; smooth down'; šʿā 'smooth down, plaster; stop up' (Payne Smith 588) | Payne Smith 575; Payne Smith 588 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | šwʿ pe., pa. (HALOT 1612) | HALOT 1612 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | I šʿʿ hif. (HALOT 1612) | HALOT 1612 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 1612 takes Hebrew I šʿʿ as cognate with, or a by-form of, Middle Hebrew šwʿ 'to smooth', the Judaic Aramaic verb. Payne Smith files the Syriac under šwʿ, šʿʿ and šʿʾ; Lane 1485 files the Arabic under syʿ. Not 2873 \*ṭVyVḫ- 'plaster' or 3534 \*ŝyd 'lime, plaster'.

## Linked from

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

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