# \*ṯyn {} \*čyn: 'to urinate'

> Proto-Semitic *ṯyn {} *čyn, 'to urinate': reflexes in 12 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 | \*ṯyn {} \*čyn |
| Meaning | 'to urinate' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2308 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | maṯānat- 'bladder; uterus', maṯan- 'clitoris' \[BK 2 1062\], mṯn 'touch, wound in the bladder' \[ibid.\]. | BK 2 1062 |  |
| Akkadian | šânu MB, SB \[CAD š1 409\], \[AHw 1225\], šatānu \[CAD š2 192\], \[AHw 1199\]; šīnātu (pl. tantum) OAkk on \[CAD š3 40\], \[AHw 1241\] | CAD š1 409; AHw 1225; CAD š2 192; AHw 1199; CAD š3 40; AHw 1241 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | šenä \[LH 227\], šǝn (šǝnt- before suffixes) \[ibid.\] | LH 227 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | TUN (imperf. taiin) \[DM 483\], tina \[ibid. 486\] | DM 483; DM 486 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | \*ṯn (T-stem) \[Aist 339\], ṯnt-h \[Gordon 404\] | Aist 339; Gordon 404 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ŝena, sena \[LGz 540\], ŝǝnt, maŝyant \[ibid.\]; ʔaswana \[LGz. 520\] (causative). | LGz 540; LGz. 520 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | \*hištīn (HALOT 1479), \*šayin (in pl. suff. šēnēhäm) (ibid.). | HALOT 1479 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | šännä, šennä \[K 641\], šǝnt \[ibid. 640\] | K 641; K 640 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | tān \[Brock 819\], tīnā, tūnā, tǝyānā 'urine' \[ibid.\] | Brock 819 |  |
| Tigrinya | šänä \[Bass 230\], šǝnti 'urine' \[ibid.\] | Bass 230 |  |
| Modern Arabic | Yem. ṯēnin \[Behnstedt 160\] | Behnstedt 160 |  |
| Argobba | šäññä; S. Arg. šimad \[LArg. 221\] | LArg. 221 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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