Root s-w-s

Arabic ↔ Imperial Aramaic

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

Arabic

root: s-w-s

سَاسَsāsaverb
to direct, to govern, to rule, to manipulate, to groom, to manage, to cox, to steer
سَوِسَsawisaverb
to be gnawed, to be eaten away, to be rotten (especially by moth-worms or weevils)
سَوَّسَsawwasaverb
to give someone regimen over, to let govern
سِيَاسَةsiyāsanoun
verbal noun of سَاسَ (sāsa) (form I)
سُوسsūsnoun
licorice
تَسَوَّسَtasawwasaverb
to be affected by worms, to be affected by mite
تَسَوُّسtasawwusnoun
verbal noun of تَسَوَّسَ (tasawwasa) (form V)
سَائِسsāʔisnoun
stableman, hostler (a person who takes after horses)

arc

root: s-w-s

Canonical root family: s-w-s