š m ʾ
17 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 4:17
Themes:name· اِسْم · שֵׁם·6step·2expression·2surprise·2awe·2
POS shape:noun·5verb·4adv·2intj·2adj·1phrase·1num·1name·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*š-m-ʾProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍𐎌 𐎎 𐎀— left (opposite of right)
Canaanite
Hebrewשש מאותש מ א— six hundred (600)
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicשְׁמָאש מ א— name
Syriacܫܡܐܫ ܡ ܐ— name
Assyrian NAܫܸܡܵܐܫ ܡ ܐ— name, first name (word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to)
Turoyoܫܡܐܫ ܡ ܐ— name
Arabic
Arabicيُشْمَأَزُّش م ء
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- left (opposite of right)
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- nameFrom Proto-Semitic *šim-.
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- nameFrom Proto-Semitic *šim-. Cognates include Arabic اِسْم (ʔism), Hebrew שֵׁם (šēm).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 7 lemmas- name, first name (word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to)From Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā), from Proto-Semitic *šim-; compare Arabic اِسْم (ʔism), Hebrew שֵׁם (shém) and Akkadian 𒈬 (šumum).
- a little, someFrom Aramaic שְׁמָא (šəmā), from Proto-Semitic *šim-; compare Arabic اِسْم (ʔism), Hebrew שֵׁם (shém) and Akkadian 𒈬 (šumum).
- slowly, gradually, step by stepReduplication of ܫܸܡܵܐ (šimmā, “name; a little, some”).
- expression of surprise or aweFrom ܫܸܡܵܐ (šimmā, “name”) + ܕ- (d-, “of”) + ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (allāhā, “God”), literally “The name of God”.
- expression of surprise or aweFrom ܫܸܡܵܐ (šimmā, “name”) + ܕ- (d-, “of”) + ܝܼܫܘܿܥ (īšōˁ, “Jesus”), literally “The name of Jesus”.
- given name
- phrase used for someone/something who appears or makes himself appear great, while in reality is crumbling or poor; Big reputation, nothing behind it; all bark and no bite; full of big talk but lacking any substance behind itLiterally, “The reputation is great but the village is in ruins.”
Hebrew
he · 1 lemma- six hundred (600)
Arabic
ar · 5 lemmas- alternative form of سَمَوْأَل (samawʔal)
Turoyo
tru · 1 lemma- name