secondary root

plural secondary roots

1. human sciencesIn 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-').

   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.

   2000 December 24, Tsuguya Sasaki, “Roots in Modern Hebrew”, in 京都⼤学⾔語学研究, →DOI, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026, page 21