*ʕwr (-i-): 'to be blind'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕwr (-i-)
Meaning'to be blind'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 2248

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʕwr (-a-) 'to be one-eyed' [BK 2 404]BK 2 404
Mehriʔáywer (yāwōr) [JM 37]JM 37gloss withheld
Soqotriʕér [LS 303]LS 303gloss withheld
Akkadian(?) tūrtu OB on [AHw 1373].AHw 1373gloss withheld
Harsusiʔáwer (yāwōr) [JH 12]JH 12
Tigreʕorä [LH 477]LH 477gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicʕuira [DM 343] (cf. ʕbira [ibid. 340])DM 343; DM 340gloss withheld
Ugariticʕwr [DULAT 192]DULAT 192gloss withheld
East EthiopicSEL ūr [LGur 83]LGur 83gloss withheld
Geezʕora (-u-) [LGz 79].LGz 79gloss withheld
GurageMUH GOG (t)awwärä [ibid. 114].gloss withheld
Jibbaliʕēr (yaʕbɔ́r) [JJ 19]JJ 19gloss withheld
Hebrewʕiwwēr (n.) (HALOT 803), ʕiwwēr (piʕ) (HALOT 802)HALOT 803; HALOT 802gloss withheld
Amharicawwärä [K 1267]K 1267gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʕăwīr, ʕawwīr 'blind (n.)' [Ja 1049]; ʕawwēr (paʕ) 'to blind' [Ja 1058]Ja 1049; Ja 1058
Syrian Aramaicʕǝwārā, ʕǝwīrā 'blind' [Brock 518]Brock 518
AramaicOLD ʕwr [HJ 834]HJ 834gloss withheld
Tigrinyaʕawärä 'to become blind' [Bass 70]Bass 70
Epigraphic South Arabianʿwr (HALOT 802)HALOT 802
Phoenician(?) ʕwr (SED I 276)SED I 276gloss withheld
Modern AramaicMAL ʕwr (SED I 276)SED I 276gloss withheld
Argobbaəwwər (SED I 276)SED I 276
Gafatəwwərä (LGz. 79)LGz. 79gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿwr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 57); ʿwr (D); ʾʿwr (Al-Jallad 2026, 21)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 57; Al-Jallad 2026 21gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026

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