The irregular -ē-/-ī- (instead of the expected *-ā-) may be explained from the change *ŝimaʔl- > *šimiʔl- > šumīl- (*-i- > -u- near -m-)
To be normalized as ši/umaʔl- ?
Note -ā- in ŝǝmā(ʔ)lī 'left' (adj.) [ibid. 1333], which is usually explained as a regular reflex of *ā in an unstressed position (versus -ō- in ŝǝmō(ʔ)l where *ā is stressed). It seems more plausible, however, not to connect this discrepancy with accentual phenomena, but rather to regard the adjective as derived after a different pattern (probably *CaCaCiyy-, сf. yǝmānī 'right' with -a-, which neither can go back directly to its presumed prototype yāmīn 'right side')
Orthographically also with both ŝ and (ʔ) ЛУЧШЕ ИХ ПРИВЕСТИ [Ja 1591], [Sok 571]
Also asmala, ʕsmala (with the *ʔa- prefix)
On the possibility of suffixed *-l see Introduction; cf. ARB šaʔmat- 'côté gauche' [BK 1 1179], SAB s2ʔm 'North' [SD 130] and JIB ŝiñ (a correct transcription is ŝĩn, see [SSL 2 247]) 'gauche' quoted in [LS 64] under ʔímhel (influenced, according to Leslau, by iñ 'droite', cf. notes to *yamīn~ *yamān-, No. ).
See metathesis with a meaning shift in ARB šaʔamal- 'vent du Nord' (also šamʔal- do.) [BK 1 1273] and ESA: SAB h-s2ʔml 'be northward' [SD 130], MIN s2ʔml-s1 'vers le nord' [LM 85] (note s2mʔl-s1 quoted [ibid. 86] as a contextual form).
Note BERB *a-zǝlmaḍ 'left', *z- yielding AFRAS *ĉ. With three identical root consonants out of four, though in a metathetic order, and such specific meaning as 'left', the SEM and BERB roots are very likely related; BERB -ḍ in Auslaut, though, remains unexplained (<*a-zǝlmaʔ-t <*-ĉilmaʔ-t < metathetic *ĉimʔal-t ?).
[Holma 3]: AKK, HBR, ARB, SYR; [KB 1332]: HBR, UGR, AKK, ARM, ARB, ESA; [Brock 481]: SYR, ARB, HBR, AKK; [LS 430]: SOQ, MSA, ARB, HBR, SYR, AKK
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