Proto-Semitic root
*ɣlm
‘to be dark; to be hidden’
di Mino’s gloss: to be dark; hidden
Record 3633 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
PWS *ɣlm ‘to be dark’ (Kogan 2015, 187 apud SEDonline 1130). Arabic and Sabaic ʕlm ‘know, sign’ are 2624.
Reflexes3 languages
Northwest Semitic2
- Ugariticɣlm (HALOT 835)ɣlmt (DULAT 316; SEDonline 1130)gloss withheld
- HebrewII ʿlm hif. (HALOT 835)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Geeztaʿalma (LGz. 61)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.