𐤔 U+10914,𐤔 PHOENICIAN LETTER SHIN ←𐤓 [U+10913] Phoenician 𐤕 → [U+10915]

From Proto-Sinaitic. The association of "tooth" (seeProto-Semitic*šinn-(“tooth”)) with this letter was the result of folk etymology and its shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted acomposite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.^[1][2]

Related toClassical Syriacܫ,Arabicش(š),Hebrewש,Russianш(š),Aramaicܫ. More atShin.

𐤔 (š)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Phoenician abjad, calledshin.

• Ancient Greek:Σ(S),σ(s)
  • Cyrillic:С,с,Ш,ш,Щ,щ
  • Old Italic:𐌔(s)
    • Latin:S,s
• Aramaic:𐡔
  • Syriac:ܫ
  • Nabatean:𐢝
    • Arabic:س
  • Hebrew:ש

• Phoenician script letters (script appendix):𐤀,𐤁,𐤂,𐤃,𐤄,𐤅,𐤆,𐤇,𐤈,𐤉,𐤊,𐤋,𐤌,𐤍,𐤎,𐤏,𐤐,𐤑,𐤒,𐤓,𐤔,𐤕 ^[edit]

Compare withArabicشَاة(šāh),Ugaritic𐎘𐎀𐎚(ṯảt), andHebrewשֶׂה.

𐤔 (š)

1. sheep

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