# \*ṣry: 'to protect, guard; to decide'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣry, 'to protect, guard; to decide': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṣry |
| Meaning | 'to protect, guard; to decide' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṣarā 'he protected, defended, guarded, or preserved him'; ṣarā bayna-humā 'he decided between them' (Lane 1686) | Lane 1686 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ṣry; ṣtry (Biella 429); ṣry (SD 145) | Biella 429; SD 145 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Lane 1685–1686 sets 'he protected' and 'he decided' among the senses of ṣarāhu 'he cut it off; repelled; prevented'. Cf. 568 \*ṣVr- 'cut, split', which holds Syriac ṣry 'cut'.

## Linked from

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

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