# \*ṯrm: 'to break, cut' 1, 'to eat, feast' 2

> Proto-Semitic *ṯrm, 'to break, cut' 1, 'to eat, feast' 2: reflexes in 3 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 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṯrm |
| Meaning | 'to break, cut' 1, 'to eat, feast' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | ṯrm 1 &gt; 2, D 2; ṯrmt 2 (DULAT 917–918) | DULAT 917–918 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ṯarima 'he had one of his central incisors broken'; ṯaramahu 'he broke one of his central incisors' 1 (Lane 335) | Lane 335 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ṯrm 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 157) | Al-Jallad 2026 157 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

DULAT 917 sets 'to eat' on 'to break' (cf. Eng. 'to break bread'). It also compares Akkadian šarāmu and Syriac šrm 'to break', whose š answers \*ŝ.

## Linked from

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

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