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*ṢQ‑ (*ṢḲ‑) 
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√ṢQ- 
cons. “root nucleus” 
Basic meaning *‘to beat’ – Ehret1995. 
According to Ehret1995#902, *ṢḲ- is a pre-pSem 2-consonantal base with the meaning ‘to beat’ from which several 3-radical roots are formed by extension, see section DERIV below. 
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+ “extendative” *‑b = ṣaqb ‘to beat with the fist’, cf. (?) ↗ṣāqaba ‘to approach, go/come near, be neighbours, adjacent’.
+ “diffusive” *‑r = ṣaqr ‘to beat; break stones’, cf. ↗ṢQR. Cf. also (though not related) ↗ṣaqr ‘falcon, hawk’, and ↗ṣāqūr ‘stone axe’.
+ “partive” *‑ʕ = ṣaqʕ ‘to beat’ (earlier: ‘to break by beating’?), cf. (?) ↗ṣaqʕaẗ ‘frost, ice, hoarfrost’.
+ “noun suffix?” *‑l = ṣaql ‘to beat’ (earlier n. ‘beating’?), cf. (?) ↗ṣaqala ‘to smooth, polish, burnish, cut’.
 
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