𐤐𐤔𐤕

Punic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew פֵּשֶׁת (pēšeṯ, flax; linen), פִּשְׁתָּה (pištā́, flax), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎘𐎚 (pṯt, linen).

Pronunciation

Noun

𐤐𐤔𐤕 (pšt /pišt/) m

  1. flax
  2. linen

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 406
  • Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 408
  • Steiner, Richard C. (2001) “Albounout “Frankincense” and Alsounalph “Oxtongue”: Phoenician-Punic Botanical Terms with Prothetic Vowels from an Egyptian Papyrus and a Byzantine Codex”, in Orientalia, volume 70, number 1, page 102
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