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♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to throw, to cast, to cast away, to throw off; to shoot at, to hunt, target, aim, projectiles; to come in succession; to accuse, to defame; share, usury’

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ramà / ramay‑ رَمَى / رَمَيْـ , ī (ramy)

√RMY

vb., I

1a to throw, cast; to fling, hurl; 1b to toss away, throw down; 2 to throw aside, toss aside, discard, lay aside; 3a to shoot, fire; 3b to pelt, hit, bombard, shoot, fire; 4 to charge, accuse, blame, reproach; to aim, drive, be aimed (at), have in view, purpose, intend, be out for – WehrCowan1976.

▪ The original meaning ‘to throw, cast’ has taken additional notions, both concrete (‘to shoot, fire’) and metaphorical (‘to discard'; to throw accusations upon s.o. = ‘to charge, accuse, blame’). In the act of throwing, aiming is included, thence ‘to aim, have in view, intend, etc.’.
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘to shoot, throw’) Akk (ramû ‘to loosen, become weak’, rammû ‘to release, untie, remove’), Hbr rāmā (ē), Syr rmā (ē), Gz ramáya (ipfv yérmī).
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2097: Akk ramû, Hbr rmy, Ar rmy. – Outside Sem: (ECh) ram, rame ‘throw’; ram ‘shoot’.

▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2097: For the Akk, Hbr and Ar forms, the authors reconstruct a common ancestor in portSem *r˅m˅y‑ ‘to throw, shoot’, which has to be assumed as being based on *r˅m‑, since none of the ECh COGNates (ram, rame ‘throw'; ram ‘shoot'; < ECh *ram‑) shows an extension in *‑y. The AfrAs ancestor is to be reconstructed as *ram‑ ‘throw’.

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