q m ṣ
14 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular✡︎ m. Sot. 3:2
Themes:shirt·5locust·2sound·2
POS shape:noun·12verb·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
*q-mProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎖𐎎𐎕𐎖 𐎎 𐎕— heap, pile
Canaanite
Hebrewקָמָץק מ ץ— kamatz (a Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound)) (ִ◌ָ)
Aramaic
Syriacܩܡܨܐܩ ܡ ܨ— locust
Assyrian NAܩܲܡܨܵܐܩ ܡ ܨ— locust
Western NAܩܡܨܬ̤ܐܩ ܡ ܨ— shirt
Arabic
Arabicتَقَمَّصَق م ص— to identify as, to impersonate
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicክምችትቀ መ ፀ— collection, concentration, stockpile
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- heap, pileCompare Hebrew קומץ / קֹמֶץ (qṓmeṣ, “handful”).
Classical Syriac
syc · 2 lemmas- locust
- shirtFrom Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion), from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Arabic قميص (qamīṣ).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- locust
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- kamatz (a Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound)) (ִ◌ָ)
- miser; cheapskate; stingy person
- ring finger
- clench
Arabic
ar · 4 lemmas- to identify as, to impersonate
- hegumen
- a short and usually form-fitting upper-body outer garment; a sleeved top; a shirt (such as a T-shirt or a dress shirt)Etymology tree
▸ 5 derivations
- derivedتَقَمَّصَtaqammaṣa
- derivedقَمَّصَqammaṣa
- derivedقَمِيص نَوْمqamīṣ nawm
- relatedبُرْنُسburnus
- relatedدِرْعdirʕ
- plural of قَمِيص (qamīṣ)
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- collection, concentration, stockpile
Western Neo-Aramaic
amw · 1 lemma- shirt