# \*ʕir-: 'town'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕir-, 'town': reflexes in 6 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕir- |
| Meaning | 'town' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 650 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | ʿr /ʿīru/ (Huehnergard 2012, 143) | Huehnergard 2012 143 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʿr (Krahmalkov 386) | Krahmalkov 386 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕīr (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §3.1 no. 18) | Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §3.1 no. 18 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ʕr (Sabaweb lemma 1376) | Sabaweb lemma 1376 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Yem. Daṯ. ʿurr (Biella 385) | Biella 385 |  |
| Eblaitic | ì-rí-a-tum /ʿīrīyatum/ (= Sum. uru-bar) (VE 1151; Bonechi 2008, 9 n. 39) | VE 1151; Bonechi 2008, 9 n. 39 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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