# \*gmr: 'live coal, burning coal'

> Proto-Semitic *gmr, 'live coal, burning coal': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gmr |
| Meaning | 'live coal, burning coal' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ǧamrat 'a live, or burning, coal; a piece of smokeless burning fire', coll. ǧamr (Lane 453) | Lane 453 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | gmūrtā '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 |  |
| Akkadian | gumāru (CAD G 133) | CAD G 133 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## 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'.

## Linked from

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

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