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Root s-m-y

Hebrew Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —s-m-ys-m-y. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: s-m-y
  • סמי־sémi-prefix
    Semi-, half-.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-m-y
  • סמיverb
    to be blind
Canonical root family: s-m-y