Root b-ḥ-r

Old South Arabian ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐩨-𐩢-𐩧↔ b-ḥ-r. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Old South Arabian

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root: 𐩨-𐩢-𐩧

root: b-ḥ-r

بَحْرbaḥrnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
أَبْحَرَʔabḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to sail, to travel by sea
أُبَحِّرُʔubaḥḥiruverb☪︎ Q.2:50
بَحَّارbaḥḥārnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
seaman, seafarer, sailor
تَبَحَّرَtabaḥḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to enlarge oneself, to become ample, to become abundant
اِسْتَبْحَرَistabḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to enlarge oneself, to become spacious, to become ample, to become abundant
يَمّyammnoun☪︎ Q.2:50
open sea
بَحَّرَbaḥḥaraverb☪︎ Q.2:50
to travel by sea, to make a voyage

Canonical root family: b-ḥ-r