| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | cmr. |
| DEFINITION: | Central Semitic, to live, dwell, build; noun *cumr-, life. 1. Omri (king of Israel), from Hebrew comrî, probably short for *comrîy h, my life (is) Yahweh, from comrî, my life, from *c mer (< *cumr-), life. 2a. Omar, from Arabic cumar, probably akin to cumr, life; b. imaret, from Arabic cimra, building. Both a and b from Arabic cmara, to live, dwell, build. |
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