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Root m-l-ḥ

Arabic ↔ Ugaritic

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

Arabic

ar
root: m-l-ḥ
  • مِلْحmilḥnoun☪︎ Q.25:53
    salt
  • مِلْحmilḥadj☪︎ Q.25:53
    salty, saline
  • مَلَّحَmallaḥaverb☪︎ Q.25:53
    to salt
  • أَمْلَحʔamlaḥadj☪︎ Q.25:53
    elative degree of مَلِيح (malīḥ)
  • مَالِحmāliḥadj☪︎ Q.25:53
    salty, saline.
  • مَلَّاحmallāḥnoun☪︎ Q.25:53
    mariner, shipman, sailor, helmsman
  • مِلْحَةmilḥanoun☪︎ Q.25:53
    plural of مِلْح (milḥ)
  • مُلْحَةmulḥanoun☪︎ Q.25:53
    a beautiful, elegant, witty or facetious story

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎎-𐎍-𐎈
  • 𐎎𐎍𐎈𐎚mlḥtnoun
    salt
  • 𐎎𐎍𐎈𐎎𐎚mlḥmtnoun
    war
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Canonical root family: m-l-ḥ