*garm-: 'body; bone'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*garm-
Meaning'body; bone'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 2070

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicǧirm-, ǧurum-, ǧurūm-, ʔaǧrām- 'body, anything that has some bulk' [BK 1 282].BK 1 282
Mandaic Aramaicgirma [DM 92]DM 92gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic*gǝram, *gǝrēm (in: garmēhōn, pl.suff.) 'bone' (BDB 1086)BDB 1086
Modern AramaicMAL ɣerma [Berg 31] MLH *garmo (c. suff. la-garmezen) [J Mlah 174] HRT garma [J Hert 186] NASS gyärmä [Tser 049] MMND germā [M MND 494]Berg 31; J Mlah 174; J Hert 186; Tser 049; M MND 494gloss withheld
Hebrewgäräm (HALOT 203)HALOT 203gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSAB grm [SD 50]; l-grm (Sabaweb lemma 2236)SD 50; Sabaweb lemma 2236gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicgarmā [Ja 270]; gǝräm, det. garmā [DJPA 136a apud CAL].Ja 270; DJPA 136a; CALgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicgarmā 'bone; crab shell', gǝrūmā 'bone, kernel; seed' [Brock 133].Brock 133
AramaicOFF grm (in grmyk - pl.suff.) [HJ 235]HJ 235gloss withheld
Modern ArabicYem. Daṯ. garm (Biella 76)Biella 76
Amoritegirm: gi-ri-im-mu-um, gi-ri-ma-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 187)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 187gloss withheld

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Notes

Reflexive pronoun: Syriac 'al garmah 'about herself' (lit. 'about her bone'); Sabaic grmk 'you yourself'. Body-noun reflexive strategy widespread in Semitic (Lipiński OLA80 §36.28). PES *grm 'to be amazing, awesome' (Gez. garama, Tgr. gärräma, Tna. gärämä, Amh. gärrämä, Sod. gärrämä, Sel. gärämä) is derived from PWS *gVrm- 'bone, body' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 4).

Updated 22 October 2026

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