# \*ṯkl {} \*čkl: 'to be childless'

> Proto-Semitic *ṯkl {} *čkl, 'to be childless': reflexes in 8 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>) › [ṯ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tha/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṯkl {} \*čkl |
| Meaning | 'to be childless' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2307 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṯkl 'to be deprived of one's child' \[BK 1 231\] | BK 1 231 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | TKL \[DM 487\] | DM 487 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ṯkl \[Aist 334\] | Aist 334 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | škl (HALOT 1491, 1492); šakol (BDB 1014) | HALOT 1491, 1492; BDB 1014; Anderson–Moser 2024 root škl | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | tǝkēl \[Ja 1668\], \[DJPA 581a apud CAL\] | Ja 1668; DJPA 581a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | tǝkālā 'bereavement, childlessness' \[Brock 823\] | Brock 823 |  |
| Aramaic | OLD h-škl-h \[HJ 1133\] (haph. suff.). | HJ 1133 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ṯkl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 135) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 135 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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