# \*ŝwṭ: 'to burn'

> Proto-Semitic *ŝwṭ, 'to burn': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## 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'.

## Linked from

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

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