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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 תto cut down, to cut off
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicכרתאכ ר תthumb
Syriacܟܪܬܐܟ ܪ ܬleek
Assyrian NAܟܸܪܬܲܘܦܵܐܟ ܪ ܬpotato
Arabic
Arabicفَكَرْتُمْك ر ت
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicኩራትከ ረ ተpride, conceit
Tigrinyaካርታከ ረ ተmap

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

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • karrāṯānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    leek
    From 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
  • kirtawpānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    potato
    From Russian карто́фель (kartófelʹ), from German Kartoffel.

Hebrew

he · 4 lemmas
  • karátverbattestedT Gen.15.18Wiktionary ↗
    to cut down, to cut off
  • korétnounattested✡︎ m. Shev. 10:7Wiktionary ↗
    a woodcutter
  • nikhrátverbattestedT 2Chr.2.15Wiktionary ↗
    to be cut down, to be cut off
  • karétnouninferredT Gen.15.18Wiktionary ↗
    kareth, a severe divine punishment

Arabic

ar · 7 lemmas
  • fakartumverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • fakkartumverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • kuruwātiyyadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Croatian
    كُرُوَات (kuruwāt, “Croatians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
  • kuruwātiyynouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Croatian man
    كُرُوَات (kuruwāt, “Croatians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
  • karātēnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    karate
    From Japanese 空手 (karate).
  • kuruwātiyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
  • fikran wataṭbīqanadvinferredWiktionary ↗
    in thought and application
    تَطْبِيقًا (taṭbīqan) + و (w) + فَكْرًا (fakran)

Amharic

am · 2 lemmas

Tigrinya

ti · 3 lemmas

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with k-r-t

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