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Root ṣ-w-m

Imperial Aramaic Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ṣ-w-mṣ-w-m. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ṣ-w-m
  • צוםverb tg. Jer. Lev 23:29
    to fast, to abstain
  • צומאnoun tg. Jon. 2 Sam 12:16
    fast, fasting
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Arabic

ar
root: ṣ-w-m
  • صَامَṣāmaverb☪︎ Q.2:183
    to stand still, to become calm
  • صَوْمṣawmnoun☪︎ Q.2:183
    verbal noun of صَامَ (ṣāma) (form I)
  • صَوَّمَṣawwamaverb☪︎ Q.2:183
    to cause to fast
  • صِيَامṣiyāmnoun☪︎ Q.2:183
    verbal noun of صَامَ (ṣāma) (form I)
  • مَصَامmaṣāmnoun☪︎ Q.2:183
    verbal noun of صَامَ (ṣāma) (form I)
  • اِصْطَامَiṣṭāmaverb☪︎ Q.2:183
    to be extreme in fasting or abstention from food
  • صُمْنَṣumnaverb☪︎ Q.2:183
  • أَصُومُʔaṣūmuverb☪︎ Q.2:183
Canonical root family: ṣ-w-m