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Root s-w-s

Hebrew Imperial Aramaic

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

Hebrew

he
root: s-w-s
  • סוּסsusnounT Gen.49.17
    horse
  • סִיסsísnoun
    swift (type of bird)
  • סַיָּסsayásnoun
    defective spelling of סייס
  • סוּסָהsusánounT Josh.19.5
    mare (an adult female horse)
  • סוּסָהּsusáhnounT Josh.19.5
    singular form of סוּס (sus) with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor: her horse, her stallion
  • סַיָּסsayásnoun
    groom of horses

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-w-s
  • סוסיאsūsyānoun tg. Onk. Exod 15:1
    horse
  • סוסתאnoun
    horse, mare
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Canonical root family: s-w-s