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Root š-m-ʿ

Ugaritic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎌-𐎎-𐎓š-m-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎌-𐎎-𐎓
  • 𐎌𐎎𐎓šmʿverb
    to hear, listen
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: š-m-ʿ
  • ܫܵܡܹܥšāmēˁverb
    to hear
  • ܡܲܫܡܸܥmašmiˁverb
    to make hear
  • ܫܸܡܥܵܐšimˁānoun
    sense of hearing
  • ܚܲܙܵܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐḥazzāyāṯānoun
    glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes)
  • ܫܵܡܘܿܥܵܐšāmōˁāadj
    well-hearing
  • ܫܵܡܘܿܥܵܐšāmōˁānoun
    listener (especially to a speech or a broadcast)
  • ܫܡܵܥܬܵܐšmāˁtānoun
    instance of hearing
  • ܫܲܡܵܥܬܵܐšammāˁtānoun
    headphone, headphones, headset (cushioned speaker placed over the ear)
Canonical root family: š-m-ʿ