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secondary roots

secondary roots is the plural of secondary root.

Meaning of secondary root

Noun

secondary root (plural secondary roots)

  1. In Semitic languages, especially Hebrew: A root that is derived from a word that has a different known root, for example the root ת־נ־ע (t-n-'), derived from the noun תנועה, in turn derived from the root נ־ו־ע (n-w-').
    • Of the two major types of secondary roots formed through the expansion of triconsonantal primary roots, i.e., the reduplication of primary roots and addition of consonants, the first type is divided into two subtypes.2000 December 24, Tsuguya Sasaki, “Roots in Modern Hebrew”, in 京都⼤学⾔語学研究, →DOI, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026, page 21

Questions about secondary roots

What is secondary roots the plural of?
Secondary roots is the plural of secondary root.

Words near secondary roots in the dictionary

  1. secondary ports
  2. secondary poverty
  3. secondary predation
  4. secondary research
  5. secondary root
  6. secondary roots
  7. secondary sanction
  8. secondary sanctions
  9. secondary school
  10. secondary schools
  11. secondary sector

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