# \*ʾVḫVr-: 'late', 'after'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾVḫVr-, 'late', 'after': reflexes in 21 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾVḫVr- |
| Meaning | 'late', 'after' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | aḫāru (LGz. 13); aḫurriš (CAD A/1 216) | LGz. 13; CAD A/1 216 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʔaḫḫara (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | ʾḤR (Qumran 6 apud CAL); ʔḥrn (DNWSI 41) | CAL; DNWSI 41; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḫr | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʾaḫara (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḫr | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʾaḥar 'delay' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḫr |  |
| Ugaritic | ʾaḫr (LGz. 13); uḫry(t) /ʾuḫrāyu/ (UVST 106) | LGz. 13; UVST 106 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | h-ʾḫr (LGz. 13; Biella 13); l-ʾḫr; ʾḫrn (Biella 13); Qat. l-ʔḫr (Ricks 1982 s.v. ʔḫr); Sab ʾḫr (SD 4) | LGz. 13; Biella 13; Ricks 1982 s.v. ʔḫr; SD 4 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | aḫeri (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ḫer-hen (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʾḥr (afʿel) (LGz. 13; Payne Smith 11) | LGz. 13; Payne Smith 11 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ahuria (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ḥar (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Harari | äḥär-le (LGz. 13) | LGz. 13 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʾḥr (T 11); Neo-Punic ʾḥr ʾš (Krahmalkov 44) | T 11; Krahmalkov 44; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾḥr | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʾḥry (T 11) | T 11 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʾaḥar (T 11) | T 11 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʾaḥōre (T 11) | T 11 |  |
| Eblaitic | a-ḫi-lu /ʾ-ḫ-r/; a-ḫa-ra-am, aḫ-la, a-aḫ-la /ʾaḫ(a)r/, a-ḫé-ri, a-ḫé-tum, a-ḫir-tum /ʾaḫir/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16–17); a-ḫé-rí, a-ḫi-rí /ʾaḫīr-/ (gen. cstr.), a-ḫé-tum, a-ḫir-tum /ʾaḫirtum/ (ARET XI 1, 2); a-ḫi-lum /ʾaḫīrum/ (= Sum. ka-«tak₄», EV 0147), ʾà₅-ḫir-tum (= Sum. giš-íb, VE 465) (Fronzaroli 1995, 63 and n. 84), /ʾaḫirtum/ (Hajouz 2013, 46); ʔaxxur, ʔuxxur: names a-ḫu-lu, ù-ḫu-EN(ru₁₂) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 17) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16–17; ARET XI 1, 2; EV 0147; VE 465; Fronzaroli 1995, 63 and n. 84; Hajouz 2013, 46; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 17 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | aḫ-ru-un-ú /ʾaḫrōn=hū/ (gloss to EGIR-šu) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 17) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 17 | gloss withheld |
| Moabite | ʔḥr (DNWSI 39) | DNWSI 39 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʾḫrt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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