# \*ŝry: 'to strive, contend'

> Proto-Semitic *ŝry, 'to strive, contend': reflexes in 9 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 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ŝry |
| Meaning | 'to strive, contend' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | śārâ (HALOT 1354) | HALOT 1354 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | śrj: śaraj, śarijum (Gelb AS 21, 33) | Gelb AS 21 33 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | šariya III (HALOT 1354) | HALOT 1354 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /ś-r-H/ (cf. Yiśrāʾēl (?)): names iš-ra-il/NI, iš-la-ab, iš-la-BE, iš-la-da-du, iš-la-ma-lik, iš-la-NI; with infixed /-ta-/: iš-da-lá (Krebernik 1988, 51, 58) | Krebernik 1988, 51, 58 |  |
| Geez | śeraya; śirāy; śerā (LGz. 536) | LGz. 536 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | šira (LGz. 536) | LGz. 536 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | sera; šära (LGz. 536) | LGz. 536 |  |
| Amharic | sera (LGz. 536) | LGz. 536 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | sera (LGz. 536) | LGz. 536 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

HALOT 1354 compares Tigrinya sĕrray 'to intrigue' with a query. Arabic sārā 'he vied with him' (Lane 1353) has s, which does not answer \*ŝ.

## Linked from

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

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