# \*šVrVy-: 'release' 1, 'dwell, reside' 2 > Proto-Semitic *šVrVy-, 'release' 1, 'dwell, reside' 2: reflexes in 11 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [š](). Updated 2026-11-03. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*šVrVy- | | Meaning | 'release' 1, 'dwell, reside' 2 | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | šurrû (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 13; AHw 1285) | Kogan 2015 ch. 6 §4 no. 13; AHw 1285; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šry | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | ŠRY (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1192) | Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1192; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šry | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | šarah 'let' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root šry | | | Ugaritic | šry 'release' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root šry | | | Judaic Aramaic | šərā (HALOT 1652) | HALOT 1652 | | | Biblical Aramaic | šərā (HALOT 1652) | HALOT 1652 | | | Geez | saraya (HALOT 1652) | HALOT 1652 | | | Arabic | sarā(w) (HALOT 1652) | HALOT 1652 | | | Syrian Aramaic | šrā 'loosen, untie, unbind' (Payne Smith 595); šrā 'to dwell, lodge, stay, reside' 2 (Payne Smith 596) | Payne Smith 595; Payne Smith 596 | | | Phoenician | šrm 2 (Krahmalkov 481) | Krahmalkov 481 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | /S-r-y/ 1: imp. si-rí (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 262) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 262 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Krahmalkov 481 compares Aram. š-r-y with Phoenician šrm 'those who dwell'. ## Linked from - [š]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/K0535_release_1_dwell_reside_2/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.