# \*marʾ- 'son, boy' 1, 'child' 2, 'lord' 3, 'man' 4, 'husband' 5

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

- Author's gloss: man, son; lord, master; husband
- SED semet 36
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/m/53_son_boy_1_child_2_lord_3_man_4_husband_5.md

## In Linear A

- [MA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-RE/index.md>) (mārē): lord, master (title, an entry in a KI-RO roster); rival a personal name

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: māru 1

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Syrian Aramaic: mārā 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 10)
- Aramaic: mrʔ 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 10)
- Judaic Aramaic: mārē 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 10)
- Biblical Aramaic: *mārēʾ 3 (HALOT BArm. s.v. מָרֵא) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: marʔ-, murʔ- 4, 5
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic mrʾ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 98); Dadanitic mrʾ 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 93) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab, Qat mrʔ 2, Sab 3, 4; Sab mrʔ (Sabaweb lemma 1207) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: ḥǝ-mrō 2 (pl.)
- Amharic: mära (AED 168 apud SEDonline 105) (gloss withheld)

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