Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 880

Proto-Semitic: *ʔakam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hill'

Arabic: ʔakam-at-

Notes: Assimilation of vowels *ʔakam- < *ʔikam-

Number: 881

Proto-Semitic: *ʕupVl-

Meaning: 'hill'

Hebrew: ʕōpĕl

Notes: Cf. Akk pīlu 'limestone'?

Number: 882

Proto-Semitic: *gabʕ-/*gibʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hill, height'

Akkadian: gabʔu

Ugaritic: gbʕ

Hebrew: gäbaʕ, gibʕā

Amharic: guba

Notes: a-vocalism seems to be secondary

Number: 883

Proto-Semitic: *ʔab(V)n-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'stone'

Akkadian: abnu

Ugaritic: ʔabn

Phoenician: Pun ʔbn

Hebrew: ʔĕbĕn

Aramaic: (Emp) ʔbn

Syrian Aramaic: ʔabn- 'lapis' Br 2 Js 65:3, ! Petr 2:27

Mandaic Aramaic: abn-

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔbn

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔǝbn

Tigre: ʔǝbn

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔǝmni

Harari: un

Mehri: ḥaubīn

Soqotri: ʔoben

Number: 884

Proto-Semitic: *ʕaḳab-

Meaning: 'hill, slope'

Arabic: ʕaqab-at-

Notes: Likely <*ʕaḳab- 'heel'

Number: 885

Proto-Semitic: *radād-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'large stone, rock'

Arabic: radād-

Number: 886

Proto-Semitic: *ṣawān-

Meaning: 'flint, quartz'

Arabic: ṣawān-at-

Number: 887

Proto-Semitic: *tall-/*till-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hill'

Akkadian: tīlu

Ugaritic: tl

Hebrew: tēl

Syrian Aramaic: tell-

Arabic: tall-

Number: 888

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVbal-/*ʕVbul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be thick'

Arabic: ʕbl [-a-, -u-]

Notes: Secondary *-u-

Number: 889

Proto-Semitic: *gVdVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'big' 1, 'be big' 2 'become big, strong' 3

Ugaritic: gdl 1

Hebrew: gdl 2, gādōl 1

Aramaic: gǝdal 2

Arabic: ǯādil- 1, ǯdl 3

Notes: Cf. Har g(i)dīr 'big'.

Number: 890

Proto-Semitic: *nVṣub-

Meaning: 'enhance smb.'s prestige'

Arabic: nṣb u,1

Number: 891

Proto-Semitic: *ŝVrVḫ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grow up; root'

Arabic: šrḫ [-a-] 'grandir', šarʕ- 'racine; partie saillante'

Mehri: ŝarḫ 'wand; lopped, dressed branch' JM 385

Jibbali: ŝiroḫ 'root'; ŝarḫ 'wand; lopped, dressed branch'; ŝérǝḫ 'to splay (branches, legs) apart, to dislocate (a joint, of a restive animal), to rip a branch off (a tree)' JJ 256

Soqotri: ŝéraḥ (pl.) 'racine', ŝérḥ 'déraciner' LS 433

Number: 892

Proto-Semitic: *ʕuliy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'room with a high ceiling'

Arabic: ʕulliyy-at-

Number: 893

Proto-Semitic: *bVʔuš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be strong'

Arabic: bʔs [-u-]

Number: 894

Proto-Semitic: *ra/uḥa/ub

Meaning: 'be wide'

Hebrew: rḥb

Arabic: rḥb a/u,3,4

Number: 895

Proto-Semitic: *gVʔVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rise' 1, 'be high' 2

Hebrew: gʔy 1

Aramaic: gǝʔa 2

Notes: Triliteral formation based on *gVʔ-

Number: 896

Proto-Semitic: *zayad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'increase'

Arabic: zyd [-i-]

Mehri: zeyōd

Harsusi: zōd

Soqotri: zed

Notes: Based on the original *zid-

Number: 897

Proto-Semitic: *nVbir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'increase, grow'

Arabic: nbr [-i-]

Amharic: annäbabbärä 'heap, pile up'

Argobba: nǝbbur 'abundant, much, vary, many' LArg 215

Number: 898

Proto-Semitic: *rVyVʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grow'

Arabic: ryʕ [-i-]

Number: 899

Proto-Semitic: *ŝVyVḫ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to grow (in size or age)'

Akkadian: šâḫu (šiāḫum) 'to grow (in size or age)' SB CAD š1 106, šīḫu 'tall, high, stately' ibid. š2 418

Arabic: šyḫ 'ê. vieillard, devenir vieux', šayḫ- 'vieillard; ancien, sheikh' BK 1 1296

Mehri: ŝōḫ 'big' (m. only) 'big, old, oldest, senior' JM 391 (šayḫ 'chief' < Arab.)

Harsusi: ŝōḫ 'big' (m. only)

Notes: Cf. HAL 1319