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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕapar-

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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

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Noun

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*ʕapar- m

  1. soil, dust

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅖 (eperum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: عَفَر (ʕafar) (possibly borrowed from Ancient North Arabian)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā)
          Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā)
        • Canaanite:
          • Akkadian: [script needed] (ḫa-pa-ru), Akkadian: [script needed] (a-pa-ru) (Amarna letters)
          • Hebrew: עָפָר ('afár, ʿāp̄ār)
        • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎔𐎗 (ʿpr /⁠ʿaparu⁠/)
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: ʾōfər (red)
      • Hobyót: ʾóofər (red)
      • Shehri: ʿɔ́fər (red)
      • Soqotri: ʿáfer (red)
      • Harsusi: ʾáfer (red)

References

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  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 189