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m n t

22 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Ps.36.6
Themes:part·2emun·2art·2inta·2ala·2
POS shape:noun·15adj·3name·3adv·1

This root is attested across 8 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

*m-n-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎎𐎐𐎚𐎎 𐎐 𐎚number
Canaanite
Hebrewאֱמֻנַתמ נ תsingular construct state form of אֱמוּנָה (emuná)
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמְנָתָאמ נ תpart, portion, deal, share
Syriacܐܡܢܬܡ ܢ ܬA mnemonic for four prefixes used in Syriac verbal morphology.
Assyrian NAܡܢܵܬ݂ܡܵܠܝܡ ܢ ܬday before yesterday, ereyesterday
Arabic
Arabicمُنْتَفٍم ن تactive participle of اِنْتَفَى (intafā)
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezምኔትመ ነ ተmonastery
Tigrinyaምናትመ ነ ተarm

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
  • mntnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    number
    Compare Hebrew מָנָה (mānā).

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 1 lemma
  • mənāṯānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. 1 Sam 9:23Wiktionary ↗
    part, portion, deal, share

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    A mnemonic for four prefixes used in Syriac verbal morphology.
    An acronym of four Syriac letters: ܐ (ʾālep̄) + ܡ (mīm) + ܢ (nūn) + ܬ (taw).
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    strand of hair; nerve, tendon

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • mnāṯmāladvinferredWiktionary ↗
    day before yesterday, ereyesterday
    Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܢܬܡܠܝ (mnāṯmāl(y)), Blend of ܡܸܢ (“from”) + ܐܸܬ݂ܡܵܠܝ (“yesterday”).

Hebrew

he · 6 lemmas
  • emunátnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    singular construct state form of אֱמוּנָה (emuná)
  • 'emunat'khánouninferredT Ps.36.6Wiktionary ↗
    singular form of אֱמוּנָה ('emuná) with second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
  • emuná t'felánouninferredWiktionary ↗
    a superstition (a set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)
  • omanút habamánouninferredWiktionary ↗
    performing arts
    From אָמָּנוּת f (omanút) + בָּמָה f (bamá).
  • omanút modérnitnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    modern art
    From אָמָּנוּת (omanút) + מוֹדֶרְנִי (modérni).
  • omanút akhshavítnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    contemporary art
    From אָמָּנוּת (omanút) + עכשווי / עַכְשָׁוִי (akhshaví).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • muntafinadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    active participle of اِنْتَفَى (intafā)
    Derived from the active participle of اِنْتَفَى (intafā)
  • muntašiladjinferredWiktionary ↗
    active participle of اِنْتَشَلَ (intašala)
    Derived from the active participle of اِنْتَشَلَ (intašala, “to pick up, to rescue”).
  • muntašaladjinferredWiktionary ↗
    passive participle of اِنْتَشَلَ (intašala)
    Derived from the passive participle of اِنْتَشَلَ (intašala, “to pick up, to rescue”).
  • mūntājnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    montage.
    Borrowed from French montage.
  • māntīkānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Manteca (a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States)
  • kalīmantānnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Kalimantan (a region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
    From Indonesian Kalimantan.
  • mūntriyālnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)
  • muntajaʕ tazallujnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    ski resort

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma

Tigrinya

ti · 2 lemmas

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with m-n-t

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