h d m
14 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular• mu'allaqa of al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani
Themes:limb·3member·3body·2part·2demolish·2
POS shape:verb·7noun·7
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
*h-d-mProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianḫadûmh d m— to rejoice, be happy, joyfull
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎅𐎄𐎎𐎅 𐎄 𐎎— footstool
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicהדםה ד מ— to dismember
Syriacܗܕܡܐܗ ܕ ܡ— body part, limb, member (especially male member)
Assyrian NAܗܲܕܵܡܵܐܗ ܕ ܡ— organ, limb, body part
Arabic
Arabicهَدْمه د م— verbal noun of هَدَمَ (hadama)
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaሃደመሀ ደ መ— to escape
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 2 lemmas- to rejoice, be happy, joyfullCognate with Biblical Hebrew חָדָה (ḥɔḏɔ́, “to rejoice, be glad”).
- joy, happinessFrom 𒄾 (ḫadûm, “to be happy, rejoice”). Compare Biblical Hebrew חֶדְוָה (ḥɛḏwɔ́, “joy”).
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- footstool
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- to dismember
- limb, memberAn Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian اندام (andâm) and see there for more.
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- body part, limb, member (especially male member)From Middle Persian [script needed] (hndʾm /handām/). Compare Persian اندام (andâm) and see there for more.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- organ, limb, body partFrom Aramaic הַדָּמָא (haddāmā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hndʾm /handām/); compare Persian اندام (andâm), Northern Kurdish endam, Armenian անդամ (andam) and Arabic هِنْدَام (hindām).
▸ 5 derivations
- derivedܗܲܕܵܡܘܼܬܵܐhaddāmūtā
- derivedܗܲܕܵܡܵܐ ܒܲܪܵܝܵܐhaddāmā barrāyā
- derivedܗܲܕܵܡܵܐ ܓܵܘܵܝܵܐhaddāmā gāwāyā
- derivedܗܲܕܵܡܵܝܵܐhaddāmāyā
- derivedܗܵܕܹܡhādēm
Arabic
ar · 5 lemmas- verbal noun of هَدَمَ (hadama)
- to fall down, to break down to collapse
- to demolish, to destroy, to wreck
- to demolish, to destroy, to wreck
- deathLiterally, “destroyer of pleasures”.
Tigrinya
ti · 2 lemmas- to escape
- infinitive of ሃደመ (hadämä)