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Root s-w-s

Classical Syriac Imperial Aramaic

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

Classical Syriac

syc
root: s-w-s
  • ܣܘܣܝܐsūsyānoun
    horse, stallion
  • ܣܘܣܬܐnoun
    horse, mare
  • ܣܘܣܝܬܐnoun
    emphatic plural of ܣܘܣܬܐ

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