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Root b-l-ʿ

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Classical Syriac

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
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Classical Syriac

syc
root: b-l-ʿ
  • ܒܠܥܐnoun
    mouthful, gobbet, bolus
  • ܒܠܘܥܬܐnoun
    pharynx
  • ܡܒܠܘܥܝܬܐmaḇlōʿīṯānoun
    throat, gullet
Canonical root family: b-l-ʿ