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√ḤMŠ
catgut (med.) – WehrCowan1976.
▪ The root ↗√ḤMŠ exhibits 3-4 distinct values between which no obvious relation is discernible: ʻto excite, irritate, infuriate, enrage; to roast, fry’ (see ↗ḥamaša), ʻ(to be) thin, thin-legged’, ʻto collect’, and – prob. via metathesis from ↗ŠḤM – also ʻfat’. For the first three, the root does not seem to have any Sem cognates.
▪ The value ʻcatgut (med.)’ is prob. based on the obsolete notion of *ʻthin (shank), thin-legged’ (see below, section HIST).
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▪ Cf. also †ḥamaša (u, ḥamš) and ḥamuša (u, ḥumūšaẗ) ʻto be thin (shank)’, †ḥamiša (a, ḥamš, ḥamaš) ʻto be thin-legged (man)’, †ʔaḥmašᵘ (pl. ḥimāš), adj., ʻthin-legged (man)’.
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▪ DRS 9 (2010) #ḤMŚ-1-2 […]. -3 ʔaḥmašᵘ ʻqui a les tibias minces, décharné’.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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For other items of the root, see ↗ḥamaša and, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤMŠ.
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