# \*barr- 'wheat'

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

- Author's gloss: wheat, grain
- SED semet 1931
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/b/1797_wheat.md

## In Linear A

- [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) (barr): barr- 'wheat, threshed grain'

## Notes

Mehri barr 'maize' (JM 51; acc. to Johnstone, from Arb.). Amh. bər 'stubble, stalks of wheat or barley' (AED 875) stands in 3291 *burʕ- 'reed, reed mat' (SEDonline 1741).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: burru (HSED 224) (CAD B 330) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: bù-ur-tum (VE 81; Conti 1990: 75; Kogan 2012: 247 apud SEDonline 436) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: bār (HALOT 153) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: burr- 'wheat' (BK 1, 103)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. br (SD 31; Sabaweb lemma 2432) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: bor (LS 98) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: bohr (Kogan 2011, 203) (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.