*ṯlʕ: 'to smash, break; to defeat'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ṯlʕ
Meaning'to smash, break; to defeat'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianSab hṯlʿn (inf.) (Biella 544); hṯlʿ (SD 150); ṯlʿ (H) (Sabaweb lemma 1904)Biella 544; SD 150; Sabaweb lemma 1904gloss withheld
Arabicṯalaʿa, inf. n. ṯalʿ 'to break, bruise (the head)'; 'to break unripe dates'; muṯallaʿ 'broken' (BK 1 234)BK 1 234

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Notes

Biella 544 sets Arabic ṯalaʿa 'break, smash (the head)' beside the Sabaic causative. BK 1 234 refers ṯalaġa to ṯalaʿa; Sabaweb lemma 1904 cites the ġ form ṯalaġa 'to smash (the head)' from ibn Fāris and the Lisān.

Updated 28 October 2026

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