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Root k-t-b

Ugaritic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbverb
    to write
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbnoun
    document
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: k-t-b
  • ܟܵܬܹܒ݂kātēḇverb
    to write
  • ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐkṯāḇānoun
    verbal noun of ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ (kāṯēḇ, “to write”); writing (abstract concept)
  • ܟܲܬܵܒ݂ܵܐkattāḇānoun
    writer, author
  • ܡܲܟܬܸܒ݂maktiḇverb
    to dictate to, write
  • ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐkṯāḇtānoun
    writing
  • ܟܵܬ݂ܘܿܒ݂ܵܐkāṯōḇānoun
    writer
  • ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܐkṯīḇāadj
    written
  • ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܐmaḵtḇānoun
    cobbler’s awl
Canonical root family: k-t-b