*ŝaml-at-: 'outer garment, cloak'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ŝaml-at-
Meaning'outer garment, cloak'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewŝimlā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59gloss withheld
AramaicOff. šá-am-lat (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59gloss withheld
Arabicšamlat- (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59gloss withheld

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Notes

PCS *ŝaml-at- 'outer garment, cloak' (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 59), perhaps from *ŝml (Arb. šml 'to cover, to envelop'). The Aramaic form is from the Uruk incantation, its only Aramaic attestation. Mhr. šámləh 'woolen garment' is an Arabic loan.

Updated 24 October 2026

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