# \*dVbur-: 'speak' 1, 'retell' 2

> Proto-Semitic *dVbur-, 'speak' 1, 'retell' 2: reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*dVbur- |
| Meaning | 'speak' 1, 'retell' 2 |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 585 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | dbr \[-u-\] 2 (Lane 844) | Lane 844 |  |
| Ugaritic | dbr (DULAT 261); /d-b-r/ D 1 (DULAT 261) | DULAT 261 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | dbr 1 (Krahmalkov 145; T 69); dbr (T 69); dbry (T 70) | Krahmalkov 145; T 69; T 70 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | duber 1 (Krahmalkov 145); dbry, dbrw; N.Pu. dbrʾ (T 70) | Krahmalkov 145; T 70 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | dbr 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §3.1 no. 23) | Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §3.1 no. 23 |  |
| Eblaitic | /d-b-r/ 1: INIM.DI = ti-da-bir₅-lum /tiddabbir=/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 140) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 140 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

DA dbr 'word; he spoke' (DNWSI 239; Hackett 1984, 30), 'a strong Canaanite-linking isogloss' (Kogan 2015, 421), apud SEDonline 227.

## Linked from

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

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