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Root ʾ-m-n

Classical Syriac Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ʾ-m-nʾ-m-n. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

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root: ʾ-m-n
  • ܐܡܢܐnoun
    affair, task, pursuit, habit
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Arabic

ar
root: ʾ-m-n
  • آمَنَʔāmanaverb
    to believe
  • آمِنʔāminadj
    safe, secure
  • آمَنʔāmanadj
    elative degree of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) and أَمِنَ (ʔamina)
  • أَمُنَʔamunaverb
    to be faithful, to be reliable
  • أَمِنَʔaminaverb
    to be safe from
  • أَمَّنَʔammanaverb
    to reassure
  • آمِينَʔāmīnaintj
    amen
  • أَمَانʔamānnoun
    verbal noun of أَمِنَ (ʔamina) (form I)
Canonical root family: ʾ-m-n