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Root m-r-ʾ

Arabic ↔ Old South Arabian

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —m-r-ʾ↔ 𐩣-𐩧-𐩱. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

ar
root: m-r-ʾ
  • اِمْرُؤimruʔnoun
    person, human being, "one"
  • مَرَّةً أُخْرَىmarratan ʔuḵrāadv
    again
  • مَاوَرَائِيَّاتmāwarāʔiyyātnoun
    metaphysics
  • مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْرmā warāʔa n-nahrname
    Transoxiana, "beyond the river" (an old name for the land in Central Asia north of the Amu Darya River).
  • مَا وَرَاءَ الطَّبِيعَةِmā warāʔa ṭ-ṭabīʕatiname
    metaphysics

Old South Arabian

osa
root: 𐩣-𐩧-𐩱
  • 𐩣𐩧𐩱noun
    lord
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Canonical root family: m-r-ʾ