# \*ʾVrw/y-: 'cattle-shed, stall'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾVrw/y-, 'cattle-shed, stall': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾVrw/y- |
| Meaning | 'cattle-shed, stall' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3112 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔariy-, ʔiry- 'stable, manger/crib' (cattle-shed, stall; crip, manger), ʔry 'be tied and kept in the same stable as other beasts; be always in the stable (said of livestock)' BK 1 27 | BK 1 27 |  |
| Akkadian | urû (urrû, mA urāʔu) Bab, m/nA AHw 1435 | AHw 1435 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | äre, ire, äray, areʔ (cf. yäre yǝfte etc. - yǝftät) |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʔūryā |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔōryā |  |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Hebrew \*ʔurwā (from Akk.-Sum. urû &gt; Aram &gt; Arab.) 'stall'. Amharic arera &lt; Oromo 'k. of cheese or milk (esp. for sick people)'.

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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