א־מ־ר
Hebrew
editEtymology
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The "speech" sense is cognate to Arabic ء م ر (ʔ-m-r).
The "fringe" sense is of uncertain origin.
Root
editא־מ־ר • (ʾ-m-r)
- Related to speech.
- Related to rising, climbing, increasing.
- (in Arabic loans to modern Hebrew) Related to princes, rulers, emirs.
- Related to fringes, hems.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “א־מ־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “א־מ־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾMR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 36