# \*ṣmm {} \*c̣mm: 'to be deaf' > Proto-Semitic *ṣmm {} *c̣mm, 'to be deaf': reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ṣ](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ṣmm {} \*c̣mm | | Meaning | 'to be deaf' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2296 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ṣmm (-a-) 'to be deaf; to stop up (a bottle, etc.); to be blocked, obstructed (said of the ear canal)' \[BK 1 1366\] | BK 1 1366 | | | Tigre | ṣämmä, č̣ämmä \[LH 631, 623\] | LH 631, 623 | gloss withheld | | Geez | ṣamma, ṣamama, taṣamama \[LGz 557-8\] | LGz 557-8 | gloss withheld | | Gurage | CHA ač̣č̣äma-m \[LGur I 37\], END (a)č̣ämmā \[ibid. 175\], ENN ač̣č̣ämā \[ibid. 298\], EZHA ač̣č̣ämma-m \[ibid. 427\], GOG (at)č̣emma-m \[ibid. 556\], GYE ač̣č̣ämā \[ibid. 656\], MSQ (ač̣)č̣emma \[ibid. 773\], MUH ač̣č̣ämma-m \[ibid. 867\], SOD (aṭ)ṭǝmämma-m \[ibid. 1108\] | LGur I 37; LGur 175; LGur 298; LGur 427; LGur 556; LGur 656; LGur 773; LGur 867; LGur 1108 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | PB ṣummīm, ṣummām 'a person whose auricles are a shapeless mass' \[Ja 1268\] | Ja 1268 | | | Amharic | č̣ǝmm alä \[K 2204\] | K 2204 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | ṣammā 'deaf-mute' \[Brock 631\] | Brock 631 | | | Tigrinya | ṣämämä 'to deafen' \[Bass 952\] | Bass 952 | | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ṣm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 129) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 129 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [ṣ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tsade/2095_to_be_deaf/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.