Category Archives: #asemiticwordaday
#Semitic ˁaqrab “scorpion”
#Akkadian aqrabu (<#WestSemitic) 𒄈𒋰 (GÍR.TAB) #Ugaritic ˁaqrabu 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 #Hebrew ˁaqrāḇ עקרב / 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤁 #JewishAramaic ˁaqrabbā עקרבא #Syriac ˁeqqarbā ܥܩܪܒܐ #Mandaic arqaba ࡀࡓࡒࡀࡁࡀ #Arabic ˁaqrab عقرب #Jibbali ˁaqréb #Geez ˁäqräb ዐቅረብ #Tigre … Continue reading
#Semitic *qamḥ ‘flour’
#Akkadian qēmu 𒍣 (ZÌ) #Eblaite qamāḥum #Ugaritic qamḥu #Hebrew qemaḥ קמח #Aramaic qimḥā קמחא #Syriac qamḥā ܩܡܚܐ #Arabic qamḥ قمح wheat #Geez qamḥ ቀምሕ ‘leguminous plant’ qamḥa ቀምሐ ‘eat grain’ #Tigrinya qwäḥamä ቈሐመ ‘devour’ #Tigre qäḥama ቀሓማ ‘devour’ #Amharic qamä … Continue reading
#Semitic *√NḪR ‘snore,snort’ *naḫīr ‘nostril’
#Akkadian naḫāru 𒍝𒊏𒄷 snore naḫīru ‘nose’ nāḫiru ‘sea-horse, whale’ #Ugaritic ảnḫr 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗 dolphin #Hebrew nāḥar נחר snore nəḥīr נחיר nostril #Aramaic nəḥar נחר sneeze, blow nose nəḥīrā נחירא nostril #Syriac nəḥar ܢܚܰܪ snort,sneeze naḥīrā ܢܚܝܪܐ nostril … Continue reading
#Semitic *√ʾŦR ‘to stride’ *ʾaŧar ‘step, footprint, vestige’:
#Akkadian ašru 𒆠 (KI) place, site, region ašāru ‘to watch, organize’ #Ugaritic ʾaŧru 𐎀𐎘𐎗 place ʾaŧara 𐎀𐎘𐎗 to go, follow ʾaŧra 𐎀𐎘𐎗 after, then, where #Phoenician ʾšr 𐤀𐤔𐤓 place #Hebrew ʾāšar אשר to stride ʾaššūr אשור step … Continue reading
#Semitic √ḪTM ‘seal’ (< Ancient #Egyptian ḫtm 'seal')
#Hebrew ḥāṯam חתם ‘to seal,complete’ ḥōṯām חותם ‘seal,impression’ ḥăṯīmâ חתימה ‘seal,signature’ #Phoenician ḥtm 𐤇𐤕𐤌 ‘to seal,complete’ #Aramaic ḥăṯam חתם ‘to seal,complete’ ḥaṯmā חתמא ‘seal’ #Syriac ḥəṯam ܚܬܡ ‘to cease, seal, print’ ḥaṯmā ܝܬܡܐ ‘seal’ #Arabic ḫatama … Continue reading
#Semitic *ðiʾb ‘wolf, jackal, beast of prey’
#Akkadian zību 𒉡𒌝𒈠𒄷 [NU.UM.MA.ḪU] ‘jackal,vulture’ #Hebrew zǝʾēḇ זְאֵב ‘wolf’ #JewishAramaic dəʾēḇā דְּאֵבָא > dēḇā דֵיבָא ‘wolf’ #Syriac diʾḇā > dīḇā ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ‘wolf’ #Arabic ðiʾb ذِئْب ‘wolf, jackal’ #Jibbali ðīb ‘wolf’ #Soqotri dīb ‘wolf’ … Continue reading
#Semitic *niḥnu ‘we’
#Akkadian nīnu 𒉌𒉡 anīnu 𒀀𒉌𒉡 #Phoenician naḥnu 𐤍𐤇𐤍 ʾanaḥnu 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍 #Hebrew naḥnū נחנו 𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 ʾănaḥnū אנחנו 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 ʾānū אנו #JewishAramaic naḥnā נחנא ʾănaḥnā אנחנא ʾănān אנן #Syriac ḥnan ܚܢܢ ʾaḥnan ܐܚܢܢ #Arabic naḥnu نحن #Mehri nḥā #Jibbali nḥan #Soqotri ḥan … Continue reading
#Semitic *šanat ‘year’
#Akkadian šattu 𒈬 #Ugaritic šanatu 𐎌𐎐𐎚 #Phoenician šant> šat 𐤔𐤕 <𐤔𐤍𐤕 #Moabite šat 𐤔𐤕 #Hebrew šānâ שנה / 𐤔𐤍𐤄 #JewishAramaic šantā> šattā שנתא <שתא #Syriac šantā> šattā ܫܢܬ #Arabic sana سنة #Tigre … Continue reading
#Semitic √DLL ‘to indicate’
#Syriac dallel ܕܠܠ to explain #Mandaic dll ࡃࡋࡋ to indicate #Arabic dalla دلّ to guide dalīl دليل a guide dalāla دلالة guidance Centre Culturel Dalâla #Sayhadic dll 𐩵𐩡𐩡 to report on (espionage) #Mehri dell ‘to know’ … Continue reading
#Semitic *ˁiṣ́ ‘tree’
#Akkadian iṣu 𒄑 #Eblaite ˁiṣ́u #Ugaritic ˁiṣṣu 𐎓𐎕 #Hebrew ˁēṣ עץ #Aramaic ˁāqā > ˁāˁā > ʾāˁā אעא #Arabic ˁīḍ عيض ‘spadix’ #Sayhadic ˁiḍ 𐩲𐩳 #Geez ˁəṣ́ ዕፅ #Tigre ˁəč̣č̣ät #Tigrinyaˁ … Continue reading