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*dVmˁ-at- - tear(-drop)
(SED I No. 51; Kogan 2011: 226)
Note Arb. damˁ- with -a- vs. -i- in other Sem., likely under the influence of -ˁ-. Attested everywhere except Eth.; in MSA borrowing from Arb. cannot to be excluded.
Words
Akkadian
dīmtu
- tear
(CAD D 147, AHw. 171)
Ebla
ì-dì-ma-a-tum
- Sum. ÉR.ÉR
(VE 716)
See Krebernik 1983: 27
Ugaritic
dmˁ
- tear
(DLU 133)
Hebrew
dimˁā
- tear
(HALOT 227)
Syriac
demˁtā
- tear
(LSyr. 158, SL 311)
Mandaic
dima, dimihta, dimita
- tear
(MD 107)
Arabic
damˁ-
- tear
(BK 1 732, Lane 913)
Mehri
dəmāt
- tear
(ML 71)
Jibbali
dəmˁát
- tear-drop
(JL 40)
Harsusi
demāt
- tear
(HL 25)
Soqotri
edmíˁoʰ
- tear
(
LS
130;
CSOL I
529)