← Full root family
Root
ʾ-m-t
Ugaritic
↔
Imperial Aramaic
Both languages share identical consonants at this root —
𐎀-𐎎-𐎚
↔
ʾ-m-t
. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.
Ugaritic
ug
root: 𐎀-𐎎-𐎚
ʾammatu
ảmt
noun
cubit (unit of length, roughly equal to 1.5 feet or 0.46 meters)
Imperial Aramaic
arc
root: ʾ-m-t
אמתלא
noun
excuse
Canonical root family:
ʾ-m-t