# \*bar-: 'son'

> Proto-Semitic *bar-, 'son': reflexes in 15 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>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bar- |
| Meaning | 'son' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 10 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | bǝr (JM 54); bərt (Kogan 2011, 234) | JM 54; Kogan 2011 234 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | bar (LS 95) | LS 95 |  |
| Harsusi | ber (JH 19) | JH 19 |  |
| East Ethiopic | Zwy yīn brät (LGur 156) | LGur 156 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Muh. yen brät (LGur 156) | LGur 156 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | bar (BDB 1085) | BDB 1085 |  |
| Phoenician | br (n.m.) (T 54) | T 54 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | bar (Maclean 37) | Maclean 37 |  |
| Jibbali | bɛr (JJ 28); abs. ɛbrɛ́, cstr. bɛr (Rubin 2014 658) | JJ 28; Rubin 2014 658 |  |
| Amharic | cf. yäʔayn brät (K 884) | K 884 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab brw (SD 32; Sabaweb lemma 1981); Min brw (LM 24) | SD 32; Sabaweb lemma 1981; LM 24 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | bar (Ja 188), bēr, bar (DJPA 97a apud CAL) | Ja 188; DJPA 97a; CAL |  |
| Aramaic | DA, Sam, OAram OffAr, Nab, Palm, Hatra br (HJ 188-193); Sam bar (Tal 103) | HJ 188-193; Tal 103 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | bartā (Payne Smith 56); brā (Kogan 2011, 234) | Payne Smith 56; Kogan 2011 234 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | braʾ (T 54) | T 54 |  |

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

## Notes

Hebrew bar (KB deutsch 146) is a loan from Aramaic. Common MSA \*brw 'to give birth' (Mhr. bərō, Jib. bíri, Soq. bére) is inseparable from these nouns (Kogan 2011, 228). Kogan 2015 (ch. 2 §4.2 no. 12) derives Mhr. bər, Jib. bɛr and Soq. bɛr instead from PWS \*bin- (9).

## Linked from

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

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