# \*ŝyḥ: 'shrub, bush; wormwood'

> Proto-Semitic *ŝyḥ, 'shrub, bush; wormwood': reflexes in 5 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 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ŝyḥ |
| Meaning | 'shrub, bush; wormwood' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | śîaḥ (pl. śîḥîm) (HALOT 1320–1321) | HALOT 1320–1321 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šḥt (HALOT 1320) | HALOT 1320 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | sīḥā 'a shrub' (Payne Smith 374) | Payne Smith 374 |  |
| Punic | šḥ; Neo-Punic pl. hšḥm (T 315) (HALOT 1320) | T 315; HALOT 1320 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | šīḥ (Lane 1628); šīḥ (HALOT 1321) | Lane 1628; HALOT 1321 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Hebrew ś, Syriac s and Arabic š point to \*ŝ. HALOT 1320 takes śîaḥ as a primary noun with no connection to I śyḥ 'to grow' (885 \*ŝVyVḫ-), and gives the Syriac as Artemisia Judaica. Lane 1628 places the plant in plains and meadows and adds that brooms are made of some species. HALOT 1321 reports Hoftijzer-Jongeling 1120 taking Neo-Punic hšḥm as another word, 'tools or recipients'. Not K0496 \*śVwVḥ- 'sprout'.

## Linked from

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

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