Meaning of secondary root | Babel Free

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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-').

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“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.”

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