← Full root family

Root g-n-b

Amharic ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —g-n-b↔ g-n-b. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Amharic

am
root: g-n-b
  • ገነባgänäbaverb
    to build
  • ግንብgənbnoun
    tower
  • ግንባርgənbarnoun
    forehead
  • ግንቦትgənbotnoun
    Ninth month of the Ethiopian calendar

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: g-n-b
  • גנבverb• tg. Onk. Deut 24:7
    to steal
  • גנבאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:1
    thief
  • גנבראnoun
    hero, champion
  • גנבתאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:3
    thief
Canonical root family: g-n-b