# \*ŝayṗ-: 'foot, sole of foot; shoe'

> Proto-Semitic *ŝayṗ-, 'foot, sole of foot; shoe': reflexes in 13 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>) › [ś](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/sin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ŝayṗ- |
| Meaning | 'foot, sole of foot; shoe' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 100 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | šabāt- 'each side of the shoe' \[BK 1 1188\]; šbb (IV) 'to make a horse rear up and lift both front feet at once' \[BK 1 1181\] (also šabūb- 'that, while running, places its feet so that the hind ones leave tracks beyond the front ones' \[ibid.\]), šbw 'to rear up (said of a horse)' \[ibid. 1188\] | BK 1 1188; BK 1 1181; BK 1188 |  |
| Mehri | ŝaf \[JM 373\] | JM 373 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ŝab \[LS 424\]. | LS 424 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | šēpu, šēpītu OAkk on \[CAD š2 295\], \[AHw 1214-1215\] | CAD š2 295; AHw 1214-1215 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | (?) sabo (poet.) \[LH 183\] | LH 183 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | (?) ENN GYE čämba, END čämbä \[LGur 173\]. | LGur 173 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ŝɛf, pl. ɛŝfɔ́f \[JJ 246\] | JJ 246 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | šǝbšäba \[K 637\] | K 637 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | šēpā 'shaft (of a boot); tip of the nose' \[Brock 794\] | Brock 794 |  |
| Aramaic | Off. šp \[HJ 1181\] | HJ 1181 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ŝēf \[JH 119\] | JH 119 | gloss withheld |
| Modern South Arabian | ʕAbd-el-Kuri ŝɔf, sāf \[SSL 4 97\] | SSL 4 97 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | Sayp: du. si-ba /Sēp=ā(n)/; names si-íb, si-bí-su, si-íb-da-mu, si-íb-i-sar (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 211) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 211 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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