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Root ʾ-m-t

Ge'ez ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ʾ-m-t↔ 𐎀-𐎎-𐎚. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ge'ez

gez
root: ʾ-m-t
  • አመትʾämätnoun
    handmaid, female slave
  • እማትʾəmmatnoun
    plural of እም (ʾəmm, “mother”)

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎀-𐎎-𐎚
  • ʾammatuảmtnoun
    cubit (unit of length, roughly equal to 1.5 feet or 0.46 meters)
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Canonical root family: ʾ-m-t