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Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Tigrinya ዑምቆት (ʿumḳot, “depth”), Ge'ez ዕመቅ (ʿəmäḳ, “depth”), Amharic ጥልቀት (ṭəlḳät, “depth”), Arabic عمق (ʕamq, “depth”), Hebrew עומק (‘omek, “depth”), Classical Syriac ܥܘܡܩܐ (“depth”).
Noun
עֹמֶק • (‘omek or transliteration needed) m
- depth, profoundness
Further reading
- “ˁwmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Hebrew
Noun
עומק / עֹמֶק • (‘omek) m (plural indefinite עומקים / עֳמָקִים, plural construct עומקי / עָמְקֵי־)
- depth