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ʾ l m

28 lemmas · 8 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.38.11
Themes:germany·6widow·3german·3pain·3alm·2
POS shape:noun·18adj·4verb·3name·2proper noun·1

This root is attested across 8 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

*ʾ-l-mProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎛𐎍𐎎𐎛 𐎍 𐎎gods: plural of 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl)
Canaanite
Hebrewאִלֵּםא ל םdefective spelling of אילם
Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤌𐤀 𐤋 𐤌god
Aramaic
Syriacܐܠܡܐܐ ܠ ܡlasting anger, ill will
Assyrian NAܐܲܠܡܵܢܐ ܠ ܡGermany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Arabic
Arabicآلَمَء ل مto hurt, to cause pain to
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩱𐩡𐩣𐩤𐩠𐩱 𐩡 𐩣Al-Maqah (deity)
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicአለምአ ለ መalternative form of ዓለም (ʿaläm)

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 · 2 lemmas
  • ỉlmnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    gods: plural of 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl)
  • ảlmntnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    widow
    Compare Hebrew אַלְמָנָה (ʾalmānā).

Phoenician

irregular reflexphn · 2 lemmas

Old South Arabian

irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • ʾelmānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    lasting anger, ill will
    From the root ܐ ܠ ܡ related to being angry; compare Arabic أَلِم (ʔalim, “pain, grief, irritation”), Hebrew אַלִּים (ʾallîm, “violent”).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 4 lemmas
  • almānnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
    Borrowed from Persian المان (almân), from French Allemagne.
  • almānāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    German (of, from, or pertaining to Germany, its culture, its people, or its language)
    From ܐܲܠܡܵܢ (almān, “Germany”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
  • almānāyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    German (person from Germany or of German descent)
    From ܐܲܠܡܵܢ (almān, “Germany”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
  • almānīyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ܐܲܠܡܵܢ (almān, “Germany”)
    From Arabic أَلْمَانِيَا (ʔalmāniyā), from Spanish Alemania.

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • ilémnounattestedT Exod.4.11Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of אילם
  • élemnounattestedT Exod.4.11Wiktionary ↗
    silence, speechlessness
  • ulámnounattestedT Exod.4.11Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of אוּלָם.
  • alámnounattestedT Exod.4.11Wiktionary ↗
    A strong, violent person.
  • ulámnounattestedT 1Kgs.7.6Wiktionary ↗
    A hall: a large room, an arena, a salon.
  • ilémnounattestedT Exod.4.11Wiktionary ↗
    A mute (person unable to speak).
  • alímadjattestedT Exod.36.19Wiktionary ↗
    violent: of, pertaining to, or committing violence
  • almánnounattestedT Jer.51.5Wiktionary ↗
    widower (a man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow)

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔālamaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to hurt, to cause pain to
  • ʔālamuverbattestedWiktionary ↗
  • ʔalimaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to be in pain, to ache
  • ʔalamnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of أَلِمَ (ʔalima, “to be in pain, to ache”) (form I)
  • ʔalīmadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    sore, painful, aching
  • ʔalmāsnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    diamond
    From Middle Persian ʾlmʾs.
  • ʔalmānnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Germans
    Back-formation from أَلْمَانِيَا (ʔalmāniyā, “Germany”).
  • ʔalmānadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    masculine plural of أَلْمَانِيّ (ʔalmāniyy)
    Back-formation from أَلْمَانِيَا (ʔalmāniyā, “Germany”).

Amharic

am · 2 lemmas
  • ʾälämnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ዓለም (ʿaläm)
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    dream, vision
    Related to Arabic حُلْم (ḥulm, “dream”).

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with ʾ-l-m

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