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Root n-b-ʾ

Imperial Aramaic Classical Syriac

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —n-b-ʾn-b-ʾ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: n-b-ʾ
  • נבאverb
    to prophesy

Classical Syriac

syc
root: n-b-ʾ
  • ܢܒܐnoun
    louse, nit
Canonical root family: n-b-ʾ