# \*yḳṯ̣: 'to wake, be awake, be alert'

> Proto-Semitic *yḳṯ̣, 'to wake, be awake, be alert': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*yḳṯ̣ |
| Meaning | 'to wake, be awake, be alert' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab myqẓ(m) (Biella 235) | Biella 235 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | yḳɣ (DULAT 960–961; SEDonline 1438) | DULAT 960–961; SEDonline 1438 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḳyṣ (HALOT 1098 apud SEDonline 1438); yḳṣ (HALOT 431 apud SEDonline 1438) | HALOT 1098; SEDonline 1438; HALOT 431 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | yqḏ̣ (LA 7 527 apud SEDonline 1438) | LA 7 527; SEDonline 1438 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | táḳiṭ (LS 444; CSOL I 675; CSOL II 610 apud SEDonline 1438) | LS 444; SEDonline 1438 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | túḳəḏ̣ (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.4.2 no. 11) | Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.4.2 no. 11 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | tōḳəḏ̣ (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.4.2 no. 11) | Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.4.2 no. 11 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PCS \*yḳṯ̣ 'to wake' (Kogan 2015: 531 apud SEDonline 1438). Hbr. ḳyṣ is a byform of yḳṣ (HALOT 1098 apud SEDonline 1438). SEDonline 1438 also sets here Sab. myḳṯ̣ 'distress, affliction' (SD 169). Cf. 3156 \*ʕwr 'to wake up'.

## Linked from

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

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