This repository is dedicated to documenting and modelling every single aspect of the Semitic languages. The main database holds a record of all known roots that have been entered so far, and gives many criteria by which to search and compare them.
The script used for the roots is the Ancient South Arabian script known as the "Musnad". This script was chosen because it is the only known Semitic abjad that contains graphemes for all of the known Semitic phonemes. As this abjad has only recently been included in the Unicode specification, it's not included on most Operating Systems. Therefore you'll need to download the Musnad font from our downloads section. The script is fairly easy to learn (only took me about a day or two) and it is a much better choice than using Latin characters, with various modified characters to represent those letters not known in Latin-based alphabets. The use of the Musnad for the roots does not mean the roots are necessarily existent in the Ancient South Arabian languages, the script is being used as a general way to represent common Semitic roots. However when the script appears in a word, then it is being used to represent an Ancient South Arabian word.
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Word Language Meaning 𐩺𐩣𐩡𐩫 Qatabanic To rule, reign مخض Arabic To churn 𐎎𐎃𐎕 Ugaritic To dig, hew out maḫāṣu Akkadian To beat, strike, wound 𐩣𐩭𐩳 Qatabanic To dig, hew out 𐩣𐩥𐩩 Qatabanic Death 𐩡𐩣𐩢 Qatabanic To spy, look at secretly لمح Arabic To spy, catch a glance of 𐩡𐩸𐩣 Qatabanic To enjoin, require لزم Arabic To enjoin, require, obligate, necessitate 𐩫𐩯𐩺𐩩 Qatabanic Garment karābu Akkadian To pray, bless 𐩩𐩫𐩧𐩨𐩪 Qatabanic To dedicate, set apart 𐩫𐩥𐩬 Qatabanic To exist, be 𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩬 Qatabanic South 𐩺𐩵𐩲 Qatabanic To enquire, find out 𐩣𐩼𐩣𐩱𐩩𐩣 Qatabanic Unirrigated, dry ظمأ Arabic To be thirsty 𐩼𐩡𐩣𐩩 Qatabanic A statue 𐩭𐩩𐩣𐩺 Qatabanic To stamp, seal 𐩭𐩡𐩮𐩣𐩱𐩺 Qatabanic Sincerity 𐩭𐩷𐩱𐩩𐩬 Qatabanic A crime, transgression 𐩭𐩥𐩡 Qatabanic To direct, administer خبل Arabic To derange, stupefy, madden 𐩭𐩨𐩡𐩣 Qatabanic One who defaces, damages חָבַל Hebrew To corrupt, destroy spoil አደሰ Amharic To renew, make new 𐩢𐩧𐩻 Qatabanic To cultivate, terrace, plow 𐩢𐩧𐩣𐩥 Qatabanic To be forbidden 𐩩𐩢𐩳𐩧 Qatabanic To be present
Semitic Roots database currently contains 2286 words derived from 467 distinct roots.
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