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Root b-l-ʿ

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —b-l-ʿ↔ b-l-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: b-l-ʿ
  • בְּלַעbəlaˁverb• tg. Onk. Gen 36:32
    to swallow
  • בלעאnoun
    swallowing

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: b-l-ʿ
  • ܒܵܠܹܥbālēˁverb
    to swallow
  • ܒܵܠܘܿܥܬܵܐbālōˁtānoun
    throat, pharynx
Canonical root family: b-l-ʿ