# \*nūr- 'fire' 1, 'to shine, sparkle' 2, 'light' 3, 'lamp' 4

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: light, fire; to shine; lamp
- SED semet 1249
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/n/1196_fire_1_to_shine_sparkle_2_light_3_lamp_4.md

## In Linear A

- [\*301-U-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*301-U-RA/index.md>) (naura): light, radiance (personal name or epithet)
- [\*47-NU-RA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*47-NU-RA-JA/index.md>) (Šū-nūraya): personal name, 'He is light'; rival mənōrāya 'lampstand (man)'
- [JA-I-NWA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-I-NWA-RO/index.md>) (yā ʾanwaru): O Radiant One (vocative + elative of √n-w-r 'light'), divine epithet
- [NU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NU-RO/index.md>) (nūr-): light, fire (divine epithet or votive label on clay vessels)
- [QA-MI-\*47-NA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-MI-*47-NA-RA/index.md>) (qāmī šū-nāra): personal name, 'who stands: He is fire'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: namru, nawru 2 (CAD N/1 239); nawāru 2; nūru 3 (Kogan 2011, 195); nūru in bīt nūri, ša nūri 4 (CAD N/2 351) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: cf. na₄ na-mur-ra-tum 2 (ARET V 5; ELISIR s.v. na-mur-ra-tum) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: nr 3, 4 (DULAT 633); /nēru/ or /nīru/ 4 (UVST 152) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: nūr 1; nēr 3 (Kogan 2011, 195), 4 (HALOT 723) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: nūrā 1
- Syrian Aramaic: nūr, nūrā 'fire' 1 (Payne Smith 334)
- Amorite: nwr 2: janūr; nūrum 3 (Gelb AS 21, 28); nīru, niwru, niwar, yanwur (Buck 2019, 330) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: nūr 1 (HALOT BArm. s.v. נוּר) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: nr 3 (B 363) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic nr 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 106) (gloss withheld)
- Arabic: nwr (u) 2; nūr- 3, nār- 1 (Kogan 2011, 195) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: nwr 2 (Sabaweb lemma 7173) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: nor 3 (Kogan 2011, 195) (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: nawr 3 (Kogan 2011, 195) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.