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Root n-b-ʾ

Classical Syriac ↔ Imperial Aramaic

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

Classical Syriac

syc
root: n-b-ʾ
  • ܢܒܐnoun
    louse, nit

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: n-b-ʾ
  • נבאverb
    to prophesy
Canonical root family: n-b-ʾ