ʾ m t
16 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:defective·2really·2handmaid·2female· أُنْثَى · נְקֵבָה·2slave·2
POS shape:noun·8verb·5adj·1adv·1intj·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-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugariticʾammatu𐎀 𐎎 𐎚— cubit (unit of length, roughly equal to 1.5 feet or 0.46 meters)
Canaanite
Hebrewאִמֵּתא מ ת— to authenticate, to verify
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאמתלאא מ ת— excuse
Syriacܐܡܬܐܐ ܡ ܬ— maidservant
Arabic
Arabicأَمْتَدِدْء م ت
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአመትአ መ ተ— handmaid, female slave
Amharicአመትአ መ ተ— handmaid, female slave
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- cubit (unit of length, roughly equal to 1.5 feet or 0.46 meters)Compare Hebrew אַמָּה (ʾammā).
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- excuse
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- maidservantFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Hebrew
he · 6 lemmas- to authenticate, to verify
- defective spelling of אימת
- singular construct state form of אַמָּה (amá)
- defective spelling of אמיתי
- really, in truthבְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + אֱמֶת (emét, “truth”)
- Really?בְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + אֱמֶת (emét, “truth”)
Arabic
ar · 3 lemmasGe'ez
gez · 2 lemmas- handmaid, female slaveFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
- plural of እም (ʾəmm, “mother”)
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- handmaid, female slaveLearned borrowing from Ge'ez አመት (ʾämät).
- bile