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ʾ m n

30 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.24.48
Themes:believe·5truth·2amen·2reliable·2safe·2
POS shape:verb·12noun·9adj·5intj·3conj·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

*ʾ-m-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewאָמֵןא מ ןUsed to express agreement with what was just stated: amen
Aramaic
Syriacܐܡܢܐܐ ܡ ܢaffair, task, pursuit, habit
Assyrian NAܐܵܡܹܢܐ ܡ ܢto last, endure, pursue
Arabic
Arabicآمَنَء م نto believe
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezእምא מ נif, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence
Amharicአመነአ መ ነto believe
Tigrinyaእምኒአ መ ነstone

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    affair, task, pursuit, habit
    From the root ܐ ܡ ܢ related to making firm. Compare Arabic أَمْن (ʔamn) and Hebrew אֹמֶן (ʾṓmen).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • āmēnverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to last, endure, pursue
    Inherited from Aramaic אֲמַן (ʾăman).
  • amnānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    art
    Derived from ܐܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ (ūmānā, “artisan, craftsman”) with the latter noun an occupational noun derived from the former; compare Arabic أَمْن (ʔamn) and Hebrew אֹמֶן (ómen).
  • ammānānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    artist
    Derived from ܐܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ (ūmānā, “artisan, craftsman”) with the latter noun an occupational noun derived from the former; compare Arabic أَمْن (ʔamn) and Hebrew אֹמֶן (ómen).
  • hayminintjattestedWiktionary ↗
    believe me, make no mistake, take it from me
    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
  • hayminverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    second-person masculine singular imperative of ܡܗܲܝܡܸܢ (mhaymin)
    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
  • ūmānānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    artisan, artificer, craftsman
    Inherited from Aramaic אוּמָּנָא (ʾūmmānā), from Akkadian 𒌝𒈪𒀀 (UM.MI.A /⁠ummānu⁠/, “expert, artisan, artist, craftsman, foreman”); compare Hebrew אֻמָּן (ʾummān).
    3 derivations
  • amīnāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    constant, continuous, continual
    From Aramaic אַמִּינָא (ˀammīnā) equivalent to the above root of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā; cognate to Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
    4 derivations
  • mhayminverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to believe, to accept as true or that one is telling the truth
    From Aramaic הֵימֵן (hēmēn), causitive stem of אֲמַן (ʾăman, “to be safe, faithful; to last, endure”); compare Hebrew הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) and Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
    1 derivation

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • aménintjattestedT Num.5.22Wiktionary ↗
    Used to express agreement with what was just stated: amen
  • emétnounattestedT Gen.24.48Wiktionary ↗
    truth
    From earlier *ʔamint.
  • 'umánverbattestedT Num.5.22Wiktionary ↗
    to be trained, to be coached
  • 'oménadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    nanny; foster parent
  • 'iménverbattestedT Num.5.22Wiktionary ↗
    to train
  • 'emúnnounattestedT 2Kgs.21.18Wiktionary ↗
    faith, confidence, trust
  • amínadjattestedT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    trustworthy, reliable
  • amanánounattestedT Gen.20.12Wiktionary ↗
    convention, covenant, treaty

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔāmanaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to believe
    Cognate to Hebrew הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) and Aramaic הֵימֵן (hēmēn).
  • ʔāminadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    safe, secure
    Derived from the active participle of the verbs أَمِنَ (ʔamina, “to be safe”), أَمُنَ (ʔamuna, “to be trustworthy”).
  • ʔāmanadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    elative degree of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) and أَمِنَ (ʔamina)
  • ʔamunaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to be faithful, to be reliable
    1 derivation
  • ʔaminaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to be safe from
  • ʔammanaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to reassure
  • ʔāmīnaintjattestedWiktionary ↗
    amen
    Etymology tree
  • ʔamānnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of أَمِنَ (ʔamina) (form I)

Ge'ez

gez · 2 lemmas

Amharic

am · 1 lemma
  • ʾämänäverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to believe
    Akin to Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana, “to believe”).

Tigrinya

ti · 2 lemmas

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

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