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Root k-t-b

Classical Syriac ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-t-b↔ 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

syc
root: k-t-b
  • ܟܬܒܬܐkəṯāḇtānoun
    handwriting
  • ܟܬܘܒܐkāṯōḇānoun
    writer, scribe, copyist, amanuensis, secretary, notary
  • ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐmaḵtəḇānūṯānoun
    book, writing, record, chronicle, register
  • ܟܬܒܐkəṯāḇānoun
    book
  • ܟܬܒܘܢܐkəṯāḇōnānoun
    booklet, pamphlet

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbverb
    to write
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbnoun
    document
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Canonical root family: k-t-b