# \*zVkVy-: 'clean'

> Proto-Semitic *zVkVy-, 'clean': 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>) › [Z](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/z/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*zVkVy- |
| Meaning | 'clean' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | zakû (AHw 1506) | AHw 1506; Anderson–Moser 2024 root zky | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | zakā 'grew' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root zky |  |
| Aramaic | DKY (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 320) | Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 320; Anderson–Moser 2024 root zky | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | zakah (HALOT 269); זַךְ, fem. זַכָּה, from the by-root זכך (HALOT 269) | HALOT 269; Anderson–Moser 2024 root zky | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | du-uš-gú-dè /tuḏkūtī/ (ARET XIII 1 obv. VIII 4, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 696 apud SEDonline 2041); ša-gú-um (= Sum. NÍG.ÁGA) /ḏakiy, ḏakuy/; names za-ga/gi/gu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 162) | ARET XIII 1 obv. VIII 4, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 696; SEDonline 2041; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 162 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | zky (DNWSI 321); zkʾ (T 94) | DNWSI 321; T 94 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | JPA dky (DJPA 149 apud SEDonline 2041); JBA dky (DJBA 337 apud SEDonline 2041) | DJPA 149; SEDonline 2041; DJBA 337 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | dky (LSyr. 152 apud SEDonline 2041) | LSyr. 152; SEDonline 2041 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | dka (MD 109) | MD 109 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | zākū (HALOT BArm. s.v. זָכוּ) | HALOT BArm. s.v. זָכוּ | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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