*barr-: 'field, open country; outside'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*barr-
Meaning'field, open country; outside'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianbarrātu (AHw 107 apud SEDonline 1784)AHw 107; SEDonline 1784gloss withheld
AramaicOff. br (DNWSI 195); Palm. br (DNWSI 195); Hatra br (DNWSI 195); CPA br (DCPA 61 apud SEDonline 1784); bry (DNWSI 197–198)DNWSI 195; SEDonline 1784; DNWSI 197–198gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicbārā (HALOT 1838 apud SEDonline 1784)HALOT 1838; SEDonline 1784gloss withheld
Judaic AramaicJPA bārā (DJPA 110 apud SEDonline 1784)DJPA 110; SEDonline 1784gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicbarrā (SL 185 apud SEDonline 1784); barrāyā; barrītā (pl. barrāyātā); barrānāʾīt (Payne Smith 55, 56)SL 185; SEDonline 1784; Payne Smith 55, 56gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicbar (MD 50)MD 50gloss withheld
Arabicbarr- (Lane 176 apud SEDonline 1784)Lane 176; SEDonline 1784gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab brr (SD 31 apud SEDonline 1784; Sabaweb lemma 2569); Min br (LM 24 apud SEDonline 1784); Qat br (LIQ 33 apud SEDonline 1784; Sabaweb lemma 2569)SD 31; SEDonline 1784; Sabaweb lemma 2569; LM 24; LIQ 33gloss withheld
Jibbaliɛbrɔ́r (JL 27 apud SEDonline 1784)JL 27; SEDonline 1784gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic br (Al-Jallad 2026, 30)Al-Jallad 2026 30gloss withheld

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Notes

Heb. bar 'open field' (HALOT 153) is likely an Aramaism; Tigre bär 'continent, country' (WTS 274) is borrowed from Arabic (SEDonline 1784). Not 1797 *barr- 'wheat'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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