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Root b-l-ʿ

Ge'ez ↔ Imperial Aramaic

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

Ge'ez

gez
root: b-l-ʿ
  • በልዐbälʿäverb
    to eat, consume
  • መብልዕmäbləʿnoun
    food, sustenance

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: b-l-ʿ
  • בְּלַעbəlaˁverb• tg. Onk. Gen 36:32
    to swallow
  • בלעאnoun
    swallowing
Canonical root family: b-l-ʿ