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Root s-m-y

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —s-m-y↔ s-m-y. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-m-y
  • סמיverb
    to be blind
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: s-m-y
  • ܣܸܡܹܝܠܹܐsimmēlēname
    Simele (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq)
  • ܣܡܝܼܬܵܐsmītānoun
    feminine of ܣܸܡܝܵܐ (simyā)
Canonical root family: s-m-y