# \*pVris- 'break, divide' 1, 'tear' 2, 'half-measure' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to divide, break; half-measure
- SED semet 490
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/517_break_divide_1_tear_2_half_measure_3.md

## In Linear A

- [GRA+PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA~2BPA/index.md>) (parīsu): parīsu, the half-gur grain measure (CAD P 186; DULAT 671–672 prś)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: parāsu 1 (CAD P 165); parīsu 3 (CAD P 186) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: bù-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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: prs 2
- Syrian Aramaic: prs 1
- Ugaritic: prst 1 (HALOT 969); prś, prs 3 (DULAT 671–672) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: prs 1: japrus, purus(s)atum (Gelb AS 21, 28) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: prs 1 (HALOT 969) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: pəras 1 (LGz. 167) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: frs [-i-] 1, 2 (Lane 2366)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʾafrasa 1 (HALOT 969); farasa 1; fərsat 1 (LGz. 167) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: farasa, ʾafrasa 1 (HALOT 969)
- Gurage: End. Enn. Gye. afäräsä, Msq. afärräsä 1, Gog. färräsä 1 (EDG 244 apud SEDonline 1316) (gloss withheld)
- East Ethiopic: Sel. Wol. afärräsä 1 (EDG 244 apud SEDonline 1316) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: färräsä 1 (AED 2277 apud SEDonline 1316) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: färäsä 1 (TED 2660 apud SEDonline 1316) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: fɔ́rɔ́s 1 (JL 61 apud SEDonline 1316) (gloss withheld)
- Argobba: (a)färräsa 1 (LGz. 167)
- Harsusi: ferōs (LGz. 167)

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