א־מ־ר

Hebrew

Etymology

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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

א־מ־ר • (ʾ-m-r)

1. Related to speech.
2. Related to rising, climbing, increasing.
3. (in Arabic loans to modern Hebrew) Related to princes, rulers, emirs.
4. Related to fringes, hems.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־מ־ר (0 c, 8 e)

Further reading

• “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