# \*ṣVw/yVḥ-: 'shout, call'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣVw/yVḥ-, 'shout, call': reflexes in 10 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 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṣVw/yVḥ- |
| Meaning | 'shout, call' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 588 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṣyḥ \[-i-\] (Lane 1751) | Lane 1751 |  |
| Ugaritic | ṣyḥ |  |  |
| Jibbali | eṣyeḥ |  |  |
| Hebrew | ṣwḥ |  |  |
| Amharic | č̣oḥä |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ṣwḥ |  |  |
| Tigrinya | č̣ǝwaḥ bälä |  |  |
| Aramaic | ṢWḤ 'cry' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṣwḥ |  |
| Eblaitic | za-a-ḫu-um /ṣayāḫum/ (VE 589, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 688 apud SEDonline 2012) | VE 589, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 688; SEDonline 2012 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ṣyḥ (Al-Jallad 2026, 151) | Al-Jallad 2026 151 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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