*ŝwṭ: 'to burn'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ŝwṭ
Meaning	'to burn'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	šāṭa 'it burned, became burnt; its upper part became burnt by the contact of fire' (Lane 1630); šiyāṭ 'the smell of a piece of cotton burning' (Lane 1631)	Lane 1630; Lane 1631
Syrian Aramaic	sāṭ 'burn, consume; be scorched'; suyāṭā 'burning, conflagration' (Payne Smith 364); saʾīṭ 'burnt up' (Payne Smith 356)	Payne Smith 364; Payne Smith 356

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Notes

Arabic šyṭ against Syriac swṭ. The noun is 2605 *ŝiwāṭ- 'fire', whose Notes derive the MSA nouns from *ŝwṭ 'to burn' (Kogan 2011, 195). Not K0497 *śVwVṭ- 'wander' or 3668 *swṭ 'to mix'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*ŝwṭ: 'to burn'

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