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Root ḥ-m-š

Classical Syriac ↔ Phoenician

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —ḥ-m-š↔ 𐤇-𐤌-𐤔. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

syc
root: ḥ-m-š
  • ܚܘܡܫܐḥumšānoun
    fifth (⅕)
  • ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐnoun
    Thursday

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤇-𐤌-𐤔
  • 𐤇𐤌𐤔numeral
  • 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕numeral
Canonical root family: ḥ-m-š