Proto-Semitic root
*ṗVrɣVṯ- ~ *ṗVrṯaɣ- / *ṗVrɣVč-, *ṗVrčaɣ-
‘flea’
di Mino’s gloss: flea
Record 2264 ↗ · SED semet 2502 · Basis: SED, form edited
After the slash, the same reconstruction in SED’s alternative notation.
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes9 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianperšaʔu (persʔau, perʔāšu, paršaʔu, paršuʔu, puršuʔu) OAkk. on [AHw. 855]gloss withheld
- Eblaiticpur-ḫa-šúm [MEE 4 116 IV 9]
Northwest Semitic6
- Hebrewparʕōš (HALOT 971), pB. [Ja. 1236]gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicpurtaʕnā ‘flea’ [Brock. 610], [PS 3315].
- Modern AramaicMaʕl. furtʕnōNSyr. pûrṭânâ, Tlk. pɨrṭēna, Ass. pɨrṭāna, Tur. firṭaʕno, Krd. pịṛṭe:na (SED II 246–247)
- Judaic Aramaicpurṭaʕnā (SED II 247)
- Amoritepurʿušum, purʿušānu (Gelb AS 21, 28)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianprʿš, in the personal name prʿš (Krahmalkov 407)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicburɣūṯ-
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.