# \*ʾarway- 'wild beast; lion'

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

- Author's gloss: lion, wild beast
- SED semet 2325
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/2120_wild_beast_lion.md

## In Linear A

- [A-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) (ʾarīnīt): She-of-the-Lion (feminine gentilic—priestess/cult title; cf. I-ZU-RI-NI-TA She-of-the-Bull)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Canaanite: Eg.-Syll. ʔa=-r [*ʔarê] [Hoch 28] (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: aria (pl. ariauata) [DM 37]. (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ʔarw [DULAT 107] (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ʔaryē (pl. ʔaryāwātā) 'lion' (BDB 1082)
- Phoenician: ʔrw [T 29], [Krah. 71] (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʔaryē (HALOT 87), ʔărī (ibid.) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʔărī (det. ʔaryā, ʔaryāwā) [Ja. 118], [Levy WT I 62], [Levy WTM I 164], ʔry, det. ʔryyh [DJPA 74a apud CAL], ʔryw, det. ʔrywth [ibid. 74]. // Sam. ʔryh [Tal 61]. (gloss withheld) [CAL 74]
- Syrian Aramaic: ʔaryā 'lion', ʔaryūtā 'lioness' [Brock. 48], [PS 378-9].
- Aramaic: Anc. ʔryh [HJ 107] (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ʾarî (Buck 2019, 324) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʔarwe [LGz. 40]. (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: Gyt. Msq. Gog. Sod. Wol. awre, Muh. or [LGur. 114]. (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: awre [K 1268], arwe [ibid. 1154]. (gloss withheld) [K 1154]
- Harari: ūri [LHar. 31]. (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: arä 'wild beast, fierce animal, and principally denotes the leopard' [Bass. 493], ʔarawit 'wild beast, fierce animal, wild animal' [ibid. 497]. [Bass. 497]

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