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*ŝrm - to cut, split, break
(SED I 324–325)
Cf. *ŝrm to have a nose with a cut-off tip; have a slit lip (SED I No. 69ᵥ).
Words
Akkadian
šarāmu
- to break open a seal, cut to size, prune, weed
(CAD Š₂ 48, AHw. 1184)
Syriac
šrm
- to break
(LSyr. 809, SL 1610)
With an unexpected š- instead of s-.
Arabic
šrm
- fendre légerement, déchirer légèrement, y causer une déchirure (to crack lightly, tear lightly, cause a tear)
(BK 1 1222)
Arabic
šarīm-, šarūm-
- woman having her vagina and rectum united by the rending of the separation between them
(BK 1 1222, Lane 1543)
Tigre
šärmä
- to break through
(WTS 211)