*lmn: 'bad; widow, widower'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*lmn
Meaning'bad; widow, widower'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianlemēnum (Huehnergard 1997 GAk, glossary; OLA80 §34.5; ORACC CAMS/GKAB x000021290); almānu (OLA80 §34.5); almattu (CAD A/1 362)Huehnergard 1997 GAk, glossary; OLA80 §34.5; ORACC CAMS/GKAB x000021290; CAD A/1 362gloss withheld
Phoenicianʾlmt (Krahmalkov 53)Krahmalkov 53gloss withheld
Ugariticʾalmnt (Kogan 2011, 236)Kogan 2011 236gloss withheld
Hebrewʾalmānā (Kogan 2011, 236)Kogan 2011 236gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʾarmaltā (Kogan 2011, 236)Kogan 2011 236gloss withheld
Arabicʾarmalat- (Kogan 2011, 236)Kogan 2011 236gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʾarmaltaʾ (T 20); ʔrmlw (DNWSI 109)T 20; DNWSI 109gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicʾarmaltaʾ (T 20)T 20
Aramaic(OffAr) ʔrmlh (DNWSI 109)DNWSI 109gloss withheld

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Notes

OLA80 §34.5. Elative 'af'al derivation: *almānu from lemnu. Etymology of 'widower' = 'worse one'. Syr. ʾarmaltā, Arb. ʾarmalat- by mutation of the sonorants (Kogan 2011, 236).

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