ڛَكْس
ŝaks (du. ŝáksi, pl. éŝkes)
basic morphological information

n. (m.)

rock, cliff
утес, скала
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CSOL I 666; Naumkin et al. 2015b:57
text examples

ḷe-teḳḷɛ́m ˁeʸh érhon ŝᵉľɛʰ ḥimbóbeʰ men ŝaks iŝ-ŝaks wa-ḷaṭ iŝ-ŝaks ‘May three of his own goats jump, Himbobe, from one cliff to another, and then another’ (CSOL I 9:2)

root
etymology

Etymologically uncertain (Naumkin et al. 2015:57). Cf. perhaps Akkadian šakāsu ‘to dry out’.