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Root l-ḥ-m

Ugaritic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎍-𐎈-𐎎↔ l-ḥ-m. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug

root: 𐎍-𐎈-𐎎

𐎍𐎈𐎎lḥmnoun
bread
𐎍𐎈𐎎lḥmverb
to eat
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii

root: l-ḥ-m

ܠܵܚܹܡlāḥēmverb
to adapt, fit, form, mold
ܠܚܸܡlḥimnoun
construct state singular of ܠܲܚܡܵܐ (laḥmā, “bread”)
ܠܲܚܡܵܐlaḥmānoun
bread (baked dough made from cereals)
ܡܠܲܚܸܡmlaḥḥimverb
to threaten, menace
ܡܲܠܚܸܡmalḥimverb
to adjust, condition, modify, regulate
ܠܲܚܘܼܡܵܐlaḥūmāadj
good-looking
ܠܵܚܡܵܝܵܐlāḥmāyāadj
right, appropriate, fitting, suitable
ܡܲܠܚܡܵܢܵܐmalḥmānānoun
composer, compiler, author

Canonical root family: l-ḥ-m