*gmr: 'live coal, burning coal'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*gmr
Meaning'live coal, burning coal'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicǧamrat 'a live, or burning, coal; a piece of smokeless burning fire', coll. ǧamr (Lane 453)Lane 453
Syrian Aramaicgmūrtā 'coal; red-hot stones; carbuncles' (Payne Smith 72); pl. gūmrīn, gūmrē 'burning coals' (Payne Smith 64); gmūrtā 'live coal, coal' (Brock. 121–122)Payne Smith 72; Payne Smith 64; Brock. 121–122
Akkadiangumāru (CAD G 133)CAD G 133gloss withheld

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Notes

Brock. 121–122 sets Syriac gmūrtā (Prov 26:21) beside Arabic ǧamra. Lane 453 derives ǧamra from ǧammara 'he collected together' (Mgh). Not S62 *gmr 'to be complete'; cf. 3530 *gḥl 'burning charcoal'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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