k r t
19 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.15.18
Themes:cut·4croatian·2map·2carrot·2
POS shape:noun·12verb·4adj·1name·1adv·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
*k-r-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewכָּרַתכ ר ת— to cut down, to cut off
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicכרתאכ ר ת— thumb
Syriacܟܪܬܐܟ ܪ ܬ— leek
Assyrian NAܟܸܪܬܲܘܦܵܐܟ ܪ ܬ— potato
Arabic
Arabicفَكَرْتُمْك ر ت
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicኩራትከ ረ ተ— pride, conceit
Tigrinyaካርታከ ረ ተ— map
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- thumb
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- leekFrom Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^(SAR), GA.RAŠ^(SAR) /karašu/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^(SAR), GA.RAŠ^(SAR) /garaš/).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- potatoFrom Russian карто́фель (kartófelʹ), from German Kartoffel.
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- to cut down, to cut off
- a woodcutter
- to be cut down, to be cut off
- kareth, a severe divine punishment
Arabic
ar · 7 lemmas- Croatianكُرُوَات (kuruwāt, “Croatians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- Croatian manكُرُوَات (kuruwāt, “Croatians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- karateFrom Japanese 空手 (karate).
- Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
- in thought and applicationتَطْبِيقًا (taṭbīqan) + و (w) + فَكْرًا (fakran)
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- pride, conceit
- mapBorrowed from Italian carta.
Tigrinya
ti · 3 lemmas- mapBorrowed from Italian carta.
- carrot
- carrot