f l s
29 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Prov.4.26
Themes:palestine·6palestinian·6philosopher·4western·3asia·3
POS shape:noun·20verb·4name·3adj·2
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
*p-l-sProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewפִּלֵּספ ל ס— to level, to align, to clear a path
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicפלסףפ ל ס— to philosophize
Syriacܦܘܠܘܣܦ ܠ ܣ— Paul
Assyrian NAܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐܦ ܠ ܣ— Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
Arabic
Arabicفِلْسف ل س— a small-denomination coin, penny
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicፈላስፋפ ל ס— philosopher
Tigrinyaመፍለስפ ל ס— warthog
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- to philosophizeFrom Ancient Greek φιλοσοφέω (philosophéō), from φιλόσοφος (philósophos).
Classical Syriac
syc · 5 lemmas- PaulBorrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), from Latin Paulus.
- Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).
- philosopherEtymology tree
- philosopherFrom Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).
- north polefrom ܦܘܠܘܣ (“pole”) + ܓܪܒܝܝܐ (“northern”)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 3 lemmas- Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia”); therefore doublet of ܦܠܸܫܬ (plišt).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܝܵܐpallisṭīnāyā
- Palestinian (of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people)From ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (pallisṭīnāyā, “Palestinian”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); doublet of ܦܠܸܫܬܵܝܵܐ (plištāyā, “Philistine”).
- Palestinian (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent)From ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (pallisṭīnāyā, “Palestinian”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); doublet of ܦܠܸܫܬܵܝܵܐ (plištāyā, “Philistine”).
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- to level, to align, to clear a path
- phallus
- plaster
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people) (especially post-1948)Borrowed from South Levantine Arabic فلسطين (falasṭīn), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).
- plastic: a solid polymer materialFrom European languages, such as English plastic.
- philosopher
- archaic form of פִילוֹסוֹף (filosof)
- Palestinian
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- a small-denomination coin, pennyBorrowed from Aramaic פֵילַס (pilas) / פלס (polləs) / ܦܠܣ / פּוּלְסָא (puləsā) / ܦܘܽܠܣܴܐ (puləsā), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis.
- to bankrupt, to make broke, to ruin, to render out of penniesDenominal verb of فِلْس (fils).
- scale of a fishBorrowed from Ancient Greek φολίς (pholís).
- to fail financially, to become insolvent, to go bankrupt, to become ruined, to run out of the last pennyDenominal verb of فِلْس (fils).
- plural of فِلْس (fils)
- bankruptDerived from the active participle of أَفْلَسَ (ʔaflasa).
- verbal noun of أَفْلَسَ (ʔaflasa) (form IV), bankruptcyVerbal noun of أَفْلَسَ (ʔaflasa).
- verbal noun of فَلَّسَ (fallasa) (form II)Verbal noun of فَلَّسَ (fallasa).
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- philosopher
- philosophy
Tigrinya
ti · 2 lemmas- warthog
- philosophy