# \*ṣpḳ: 'to be dense, compact, close in texture'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣpḳ, 'to be dense, compact, close in texture': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṣpḳ |
| Meaning | 'to be dense, compact, close in texture' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | ṣafaqa (yəṣfəq); ʾaṣfaqa; ṣəfuq; taṣfāq (LGz. 549) | LGz. 549 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | č̣äfqa (LGz. 549) | LGz. 549 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | č̣äffäqä; ṣäffäqä (LGz. 549) | LGz. 549 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ṣafuqa 'it (a garment) was strong, stout, or firm; thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture' (Lane 1700); ʾaṣfaqa 'he wove (the garment) strongly, stoutly, firmly, thickly, substantially, closely, or compactly' (Lane 1701); ṣafīq 'strong, stout, or firm; thick, close, or compact in texture (garment)' (Lane 1702) | Lane 1700; Lane 1701; Lane 1702 |  |

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## Notes

LGz. 549 sets Arabic ṣafuqa 'be compact, be thick' beside the Geez. Arabic s-forms beside the ṣ-forms: safuqa 'was thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture' and safīq (Lane 1373), safīq a dialectal variant of ṣafīq (Lane 1702); s and ṣ alternate through the Arabic root, as in safaqa and ṣafaqa 'shut (a door)' (Lane 1373). Geez safaqa (MA) 'grow thickly, grow densely' is a secondary form of ṣafaqa (LGz. 488); see SA093. Arabic ṣafaqa 'strike so as to make a sound, clap' is another sense (Lane 1700; see 2930). Tigrinya č̣äfläqä 'crush, squash', Tigre č̣äfläqa 'pound, hammer', with augmented l (LGz. 549).

## Linked from

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

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