r m n
28 lemmas · 9 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular📜 Num.33.19
Themes:pomegranate·8armenian·3armenia·2rumm·2
POS shape:noun·20name·4adj·4
This root is attested across 9 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
*r-m-nProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianramānumr m n— self
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewבַּרְמֶןר מ נ— A bartender.
PunicReconstruction:Punic/𐤓𐤌𐤍𐤓 𐤌 𐤍— pomegranate
Aramaic
Syriacܕܪܡܢܐܪ ܡ ܢ— drug, remedy, medicine
Assyrian NAܪܵܡܵܢܵܐܪ ܡ ܢ— arrogant, prideful, haughty
Arabic
Arabicرُمَّانر م ن— pomegranate
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezሮማንረ መ ነ— pomegranate
Amharicሩማንረ መ ነ— alternative form of ሮማን (roman, “pomegranate”)
Tigrinyaሮማንረ መ ነ— pomegranate
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 · 1 lemma- selfUnknown.
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- pomegranate
Classical Syriac
syc · 5 lemmas- drug, remedy, medicineBorrowed from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫡𐫖𐫀𐫗 (drmʾn /darmān/, “remedy, medicine”). Compare Persian درمان (darmân, “remedy, medicine”), Northern Kurdish derman (“medicine”).
- pomegranate (tree and fruit)Unclear, see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān, “pomegranate”) for more cognates.
- ArmeniaFrom Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܐܪܡܢܝܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ
- ArmenianModified from above.
- ArmenianModified from above.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- arrogant, prideful, haughty
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- A bartender.From English barman.
- a surnameFrom Yiddish [Term?].
- romance, a novel (of any genre)
- defective spelling of רימון
- palace (official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system)Uncertain.
- Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)
- feminine singular indefinite form of ארמני (arméni)
- a female Armenian
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- pomegranateUncertain direct and ultimate source, not Semitic. Compare Hebrew רימון / רִמּוֹן (rimmṓn), Punic *𐤓𐤌𐤍 (*rmn /rimmūn/) and Aramaic רִימֹּונָא / רִמֹּונָא (rimmōnā) / רוּמָּנָא / ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), Ge'ez ሮማን (roman), Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/armannu/).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedرُمَّانِيَّةrummāniyya
- singulative of رُمَّان (rummān)
- a medieval dish of meat soured (or stewed) with pomegranateرُمَّان (rummān) + ـِيَّة (-iyya)
- plural of رُمَّانِيَّة (rummāniyya)
- romantic
- Vermont (a state of the United States)
- plural of فِرْمِيُون (firmiyun)
- comebackFrom Spanish remontada. Arabic borrows some sports terms from Spanish, chiefly due to the great interest Arabs take in the Spanish football league.
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- pomegranateProbably in Ethiopian Semitic via Aramaic. See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for more.
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- alternative form of ሮማን (roman, “pomegranate”)
- pomegranateProbably in Ethiopian Semitic via Aramaic. See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for more.
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- pomegranateProbably in Ethiopian Semitic via Aramaic. See Arabic رُمَّان (rummān) for more.