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Root ḥ-k-m

Arabic ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ḥ-k-m↔ 𐎈-𐎋-𐎎. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Arabic

ar
root: ḥ-k-m
  • حَكَمَḥakamaverb☪︎ Q.2:32
    to exercise authority, command, bid, to rule, to reign, to decree
  • حَكُمَḥakumaverb☪︎ Q.2:32
    to be wise
  • حَكَّمَḥakkamaverb☪︎ Q.2:32
    to appoint as a judge or governor
  • أَحْكَمʔaḥkamadj☪︎ Q.2:32
    elative degree of حَكِيم (ḥakīm)
  • حَاكِمḥākimadj☪︎ Q.2:32
    ruling, governing
  • حِكْمَةḥikmanoun☪︎ Q.2:32
    wisdom
  • حَكَمَةḥakamanoun☪︎ Q.2:32
    bridle, bit
  • حُكْمِيّḥukmiyyadj☪︎ Q.2:32
    legal

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎈-𐎋-𐎎
  • 𐎈𐎋𐎎ḥkmadj
    wise
  • 𐎈𐎋𐎎𐎚ḥkmtnoun
    wisdom
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Canonical root family: ḥ-k-m