Proto-Semitic root

*šVyVr-

‘sing’

di Mino’s gloss: to sing; song

Record 618 ↗ · SED semet 598 · Basis: SED

In Linear A1 entry

SI-RU-TEšīrūtsacred song, hymnody (abstract in -ūt of √š-y-r "sing")ProbableSemitic73D

Reflexes6 languages

East Semitic1

Akkadianšēru(m) (HALOT 1481; AHw 1219)gloss withheld

Northwest Semitic5

Ugariticšyršr /šīru/ (UVST 181)gloss withheld
Hebrewšyr
Aramaicšyr (CAL s.v. šyr)
Phoenicianšr: šrm (T 332)gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicšayar ‘to sing’ (Payne Smith 575)

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

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