# \*ṣpy: 'to overlay, plate, cover'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣpy, 'to overlay, plate, cover': reflexes in 6 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>) › [ṣ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tsade/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-31.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṣpy |
| Meaning | 'to overlay, plate, cover' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | ṣippâ piel; ṣippûy (HALOT 1045) | HALOT 1045 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ṣpy: ṯlṯ mrkb\[t\] ṣpyt b ḫrṣ (KTU 4.167:2; DULAT 778); ṣp (II) (DULAT 776) | KTU 4.167:2; DULAT 778; DULAT 776 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ṣpʾt (HALOT 1045) | HALOT 1045 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | zi-bù /ṣipy/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 221); zi-ba-du/tum /ṣipayt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 221); ṣuṣṣup(a)t: pl. zu-zu-ba-tum, zú-zú-ba-tum /ṣupṣupāt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 221) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 221 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ṣafṣafa (LGz. 549) | LGz. 549 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ṣuppu (LGz. 549) | LGz. 549 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

DULAT 778 compares Hb. ṣph 'to overlay' (HALOT 1045). HALOT 1045 also lists OSArb. ṣwf 'to place stones together' and Arb. ṣaffa 'to arrange in a row'. Not 1480 \*ṣVpVy- 'observe' nor 1117 \*ṣVpVʾ- 'be clean'.

## Linked from

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

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