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Root ḥ-m-m

Arabic Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ḥ-m-mḥ-m-m. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

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root: ḥ-m-m
  • أَحَمّʔaḥammadj☪︎ Q.6:70
    black
  • حَامٍḥāminadj☪︎ Q.6:70
    extremely hot
  • حُمَّىḥummānoun☪︎ Q.6:70
    fever
  • تَحَمَّمَtaḥammamaverb☪︎ Q.6:70
    to shower, to bathe
  • حَمَّامḥammāmnoun☪︎ Q.6:70
    a bath, a bathtub
  • حَمْحَمَḥamḥamaverb☪︎ Q.6:70
    to whinny, to snicker
  • حِمْحِمḥimḥimnoun☪︎ Q.6:70
    borage (any plant in Borago gen., especially Borago officinalis, and the genus itself)
  • اِسْتَحَمَّistaḥammaverb☪︎ Q.6:70
    to bathe, to shower

Imperial Aramaic

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root: ḥ-m-m
  • חמםverb
    to be hot
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Canonical root family: ḥ-m-m