ṣqʕ / Semitic roots

Arabic root, to be(come) white, covered with frost.

moussaka, from colloquial Egyptian Arabic musaqqaʕa, chilled, moussaka, feminine passive participle of Egyptian colloquial saqqaʕa, to chill, variant of ṣaqqaʕa, denominative from ṣaqʕa, cold (weather), frost, from ṣaqiʕa, be(come) white, covered with frost.