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Root ṣ-b-ʿ

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Arabic

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

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • צְבַעṣəbaʿverb• tg. Onk. Gen 49:11
    to dip
  • צבעאnoun
    finger, toe, digit
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Arabic

ar
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • صَبَعَṣabaʕaverb☪︎ Q.2:19
    designate, point (at بـ (b-) or على something)
  • صَبَّعَṣabbaʕaverb☪︎ Q.2:19
    finger
  • إِصْبَعʔiṣbaʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:19
    finger, toe
  • أَصَابِعʔaṣābiʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:19
    plural of إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ)
Canonical root family: ṣ-b-ʿ