حل

From the root ح ل ل (ḥ l l). Compare Hebrew חל. The meaning of “sesame oil” may derive via a chain of calques from Akkadian 𒉌𒄑 (ellum), which is also homographic to 𒉌𒄑 (šamnum, “oil”), that, to build a bridge, might suggest that Aramaic חָלָא / ܚܠܐ (ḥallā) also had this meaning but has consistently been misread as more common “vinegar”, the etymon of Arabic خَلّ (ḵall, “vinegar”), if not other homographs, due to complete merger of ḥ and ḫ more likely than in Arabic itself where it also happens due to taṣḥīf.

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حل

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عَقَدَ, رَبَطَ, سَلْسَلَ, رَكَّبَ, لَصَقَ, صَمَّغَ, صَلَّبَ, جَمَّدَ, ثَلَّجَ

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