*ṯrm: 'to break, cut' 1, 'to eat, feast' 2

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Ugaritic	ṯrm 1 > 2, D 2; ṯrmt 2 (DULAT 917–918)	DULAT 917–918	gloss withheld
Arabic	ṯarima 'he had one of his central incisors broken'; ṯaramahu 'he broke one of his central incisors' 1 (Lane 335)	Lane 335
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ṯrm 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 157)	Al-Jallad 2026 157	gloss withheld

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DULAT 917 sets 'to eat' on 'to break' (cf. Eng. 'to break bread'). It also compares Akkadian šarāmu and Syriac šrm 'to break', whose š answers *ŝ.

Updated 3 November 2026