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Root ṣ-b-ʿ

Classical Syriac ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ṣ-b-ʿ↔ ṣ-b-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

syc
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • ܨܒܥܐṣeḇʿānoun
    color/colour, coloring/colouring
  • ܨܒܥܘܬܐnoun
    dyeing
  • ܨܒܥܬܐnoun
    emphatic plural of ܨܒܥܐ

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: ṣ-b-ʿ
  • צְבַעṣəbaʿverb• tg. Onk. Gen 49:11
    to dip
  • צבעאnoun
    finger, toe, digit
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Canonical root family: ṣ-b-ʿ