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Root š-m-ʿ

Ugaritic ↔ Arabic

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

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎌-𐎎-𐎓
  • 𐎌𐎎𐎓šmʿverb
    to hear, listen
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Arabic

ar
root: š-m-ʿ
  • شَمْعšamʕnoun
    wax
  • شَمَعَšamaʕaverb
    to play, to sport, to game
  • شَمَّاعšammāʕnoun
    chandler
  • شَمْعَةšamʕanoun
    singulative of شَمْع (šamʕ)
  • مُشَمَّعmušammaʕadj
    watershed, dipped in a protective layer
  • مُشَمَّعmušammaʕnoun
    watershed canvas, tarpaulin, oilcloth, oilskin
  • شَمَّعَšammaʕaverb
    to wax, to rub or smear with wax
  • أُشَمِّعُʔušammiʕuverb
Canonical root family: š-m-ʿ