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Root s-y-f

Arabic ↔ Imperial Aramaic

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

Arabic

ar
root: s-y-f
  • سَيْفsayfnoun
    sword, sabre, foil, rapier, scimitar
  • سِيفsīfnoun
    coast
  • سَيَّافsayyāfnoun
    swordsman, person using a sword as a weapon
  • سُيُوفsuyūfnoun
    plural of سَيْف (sayf)
  • يُسَوِّفُyusawwifuverb
  • أَسْيَافʔasyāfnoun
    plural of سَيْف (sayf)
  • تُسَوِّفِيtusawwifīverb
  • تَسْوِيفtaswīfnoun
    verbal noun of سَوَّفَ (sawwafa) (form II)

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-y-f
  • סֵיפָאsēp̄ānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    end, distant region
  • סַיְפָּאsaypānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    sword, blade
  • סִיפָּאsippānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    alternative spelling of סִפָּא (sippā, “threshold; doorpost”)
  • סִיפְתָאsip̄ṯānoun
    lip
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Canonical root family: s-y-f