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Arabic
šīm- - rat
(BK 2 1300, TA 32 487)
Cf. also šayham- ‘porcupine’ (BK 1 1283, LA XII 328)
Reconstruction
PS
*ŝVm-
- kind of mouse, rat
(SED II No. 214)
Not very reliable since ŠU in the Eblaite form points to ṯ rather than *ŝ or *š in the protoform which is not compatible with š in Arb.