# \*gurn-: 'threshing floor'

> Proto-Semitic *gurn-, 'threshing floor': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gurn- |
| Meaning | 'threshing floor' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | gōren (HALOT 203) | HALOT 203 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | grn (DULAT 305) | DULAT 305 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | grn (HALOT 203; LGz. 203; Sabaweb lemma 4172) | HALOT 203; LGz. 203; Sabaweb lemma 4172 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | gʷərn, gorn, gurn (LGz. 203) | LGz. 203 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | gurn, girn (LGz. 203); jurn, jirn (HALOT 203) | LGz. 203; HALOT 203 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | gu₅-ur-ni /gurnu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 53–54) | Pentiuc 2001 53–54 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Emar gurnu 'threshing floor' (DULAT 305). HALOT 203 traces the sense from stone basin to threshing floor, with JArm. and Syr. gurnā 'basin, trough' and Akk. garānu; LGz. 203 adds Akk. garannu 'small vessel'. SED's 972 \*gūr- ~ \*gurVn- 'cavity; basin, tank' holds Arabic gurn-.

## Linked from

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

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