H3697 כָּסַם kâçam → Root

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Root of the כסם kâçam family (3 members).

To shear or cut short, especially in reference to hair or wool; occurs primarily in idiomatic or specialized usages reflecting cropping, trimming, or reducing by cutting.

Etymology Root כּסם (K-S-M); related to notions of cutting or trimming. The word is derived from the fundamental sense of making something shorter or closer by mechanical removal, generally through shearing.

Reflexes · not yet grouped by proto-form

Language	Word	Meaning	Root
Bemba	kata	to cut	-kat-
Chichewa	katha	to end, be finished, be cut off	-kat-
Kikuyu	gata	to cut	-kat-
Kinyarwanda	gaca	to cut, cut off	-kat-
Kirundi	gaca	to cut, cut off	-kat-
Luganda	kata	to cut	-kat-
Swahili	kata	to cut	kat

Family members (2)

Lexemes that inherit from this canonical via the SilexRoot family or an additional inheritance edge. Tags show the cognate-propagation status.

H3698 כֻּסֶּמֶת kuççemeth unset
An ancient cereal grain identified as emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum), cultivated in the Levant and used primarily for m
H3765 כִּרְסֵם kirçêm unset
To lay waste, devastate, or ravage—typically of land or settlements rendered uninhabitable and stripped of resources. Th

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