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Root š-m-š

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ↔ Phoenician

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —š-m-š↔ 𐤔-𐤌-𐤔. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: š-m-š
  • ܫܡܸܫšmišname
    Shamash
  • ܫܡܸܫšmišnoun
    singular construct state of ܫܸܡܫܵܐ (šimšā, “sun”)
  • ܡܫܲܡܸܫmšammišverb
    to serve, provide a service
  • ܫܸܡܫܵܐšimšānoun
    sun
  • ܫܸܡܫܵܐšimšāname
    Shamash
  • ܫܲܡܵܫܵܐšammāšānoun
    servant, attendant
  • ܫܲܡܵܫܵܐšammāšāname
    a surname originating as an occupation
  • ܡܫܲܡܫܸܢmšamšinverb
    to be/become sunny

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤔-𐤌-𐤔
  • 𐤔𐤌𐤔noun
    sun
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Canonical root family: š-m-š