Proto-Semitic root
*pVris-
‘break, divide’ 1, ‘tear’ 2, ‘half-measure’ 3
di Mino’s gloss: to divide, break; half-measure
Record 517 ↗ · SED semet 490 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes18 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianparāsu 1 (CAD P 165)parīsu 3 (CAD P 186)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticbù-ra-zu-um /purāsum/ 1 (VE 195 apud SEDonline 1316; Krebernik 1983, 8; EDA I 300–301, ◊P0526: purāsum/purāṣum)a-ba-rí-zu /yapparris/ (N present of p-r-s) 1 (ARET 16, 1 obv. X 12 – rev. I 15)⸢a-ba⸣-rí-zu 1 (ARET 16, 1 rev. V 26 – VI 11) (Kogan 2025, 10)ba-rí-zu, ba-rí-zú /parīs/ 3 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 135)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- Hebrewprs 2
- Syrian Aramaicprs 1
- Ugariticprst 1 (HALOT 969)prś, prs 3 (DULAT 671–672)gloss withheld
- Amoriteprs 1: japrus, purus(s)atum (Gelb AS 21, 28)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicprs 1 (HALOT 969)gloss withheld
- Aramaicpəras 1 (LGz. 167)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicfrs [-i-] 1, 2 (Lane 2366)
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian9
- Geezʾafrasa 1 (HALOT 969)farasa 1fərsat 1 (LGz. 167)gloss withheld
- Tigrefarasa, ʾafrasa 1 (HALOT 969)
- GurageEnd. Enn. Gye. afäräsä, Msq. afärräsä 1, Gog. färräsä 1 (EDG 244 apud SEDonline 1316)gloss withheld
- East EthiopicSel. Wol. afärräsä 1 (EDG 244 apud SEDonline 1316)gloss withheld
- Amharicfärräsä 1 (AED 2277 apud SEDonline 1316)gloss withheld
- Tigrinyafäräsä 1 (TED 2660 apud SEDonline 1316)gloss withheld
- Jibbalifɔ́rɔ́s 1 (JL 61 apud SEDonline 1316)gloss withheld
- Argobba(a)färräsa 1 (LGz. 167)
- Harsusiferōs (LGz. 167)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.