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Hebrew
dimˁā - tear
(HALOT 227)
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PS
*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.