Root b-ḥ-r

Arabic ↔ Old South Arabian

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —b-ḥ-r↔ 𐩨-𐩢-𐩧. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

root: b-ḥ-r

بَحْرbaḥrnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
أَبْحَرَʔabḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to sail, to travel by sea
أُبَحِّرُʔubaḥḥiruverb☪︎ Q.2:50
بَحَّارbaḥḥārnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
seaman, seafarer, sailor
تَبَحَّرَtabaḥḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to enlarge oneself, to become ample, to become abundant
اِسْتَبْحَرَistabḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to enlarge oneself, to become spacious, to become ample, to become abundant
يَمّyammnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
open sea
بَحَّرَbaḥḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to travel by sea, to make a voyage

osa

root: 𐩨-𐩢-𐩧

Canonical root family: b-ḥ-r