# \*ṣyʾ: 'to be filthy, dirty' > Proto-Semitic *ṣyʾ, 'to be filthy, dirty': reflexes in 10 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 | \*ṣyʾ | | Meaning | 'to be filthy, dirty' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 3115 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ṣīʔat- 'washing, an imperfect ablution, such that all the dirt remains on the head' \[BK 1 1388\], ṣayyaʔa 'to wash very imperfectly, only to wet (the head), in such a way that it is not properly cleaned' \[ibid.\], also wṣʔ 'to be soiled with filth' \[ibid. 2 1546\] | BK 1 1388; BK 2 1546 | | | Mandaic Aramaic | ṢAA \[DM 385\] | DM 385 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. ṣyw (in: ys1tṣyn) \[SD 147\] | SD 147 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | ṣā(ʔ)tā 'filth, turpitude' \[Ja 1257\] | Ja 1257 | | | Syrian Aramaic | ṣyʔ 'he turned out impure' \[Brock 619\] | Brock 619 | | | Jibbali | ḍeʾ (LGz. 567) | LGz. 567 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | ṣäyʾa, ṣäyʿa (LGz. 567) | LGz. 567 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | č̣äʾe, ṣäyʾe (LGz. 567) | LGz. 567 | gloss withheld | | Gurage | č̣əyä (LGz. 567); Ezha č̣əyyä, Enn. č̣iyǟ, Gog. č̣iyä (EDG 192 apud SEDonline 991) | LGz. 567; EDG 192; SEDonline 991 | gloss withheld | | Argobba | č̣eˀ (Wetter 2010:78 apud SEDonline 991) | Wetter 2010:78; SEDonline 991 | 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/2581_to_be_filthy_dirty/ 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.