# \*garm-: 'body; bone'

> Proto-Semitic *garm-, 'body; bone': reflexes in 11 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*garm- |
| Meaning | 'body; bone' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2070 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ǧirm-, ǧurum-, ǧurūm-, ʔaǧrām- 'body, anything that has some bulk' \[BK 1 282\]. | BK 1 282 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | girma \[DM 92\] | DM 92 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*gǝram, \*gǝrēm (in: garmēhōn, pl.suff.) 'bone' (BDB 1086) | BDB 1086 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL 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 494 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | gäräm (HALOT 203) | HALOT 203 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB grm \[SD 50\]; l-grm (Sabaweb lemma 2236) | SD 50; Sabaweb lemma 2236 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | garmā \[Ja 270\]; gǝräm, det. garmā \[DJPA 136a apud CAL\]. | Ja 270; DJPA 136a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | garmā 'bone; crab shell', gǝrūmā 'bone, kernel; seed' \[Brock 133\]. | Brock 133 |  |
| Aramaic | OFF grm (in grmyk - pl.suff.) \[HJ 235\] | HJ 235 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Yem. Daṯ. garm (Biella 76) | Biella 76 |  |
| Amorite | girm: gi-ri-im-mu-um, gi-ri-ma-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 187) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 187 | gloss 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).

## Linked from

- [G](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/g/index.md>)

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