# \*mlʾ: 'flood, high water'

> Proto-Semitic *mlʾ, 'flood, high water': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mlʾ |
| Meaning | 'flood, high water' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | mīlu A, milʾu (CAD M/2 69) | CAD M/2 69 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mlyʾ 'overflow, pool, flood' (Payne Smith 275) | Payne Smith 275 |  |

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

## Notes

Noun of 1024 \*mVlVʾ- 'be full'. Kaufman 1974, 72: the Akkadian is cognate with, but possibly had some influence on, Syr. mlyʾ of the same meaning; NA milʾu is perhaps under Aramaic influence.

## Linked from

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

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