*ɣyr: 'to provision with food; provision of corn'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ɣyr
Meaning'to provision with food; provision of corn'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicġāra ʾahlahu 'he brought, or conveyed, to his family a provision of corn' (Lane 2314); ġīrat 'a provision of corn, wheat, which a man procures for himself' (Lane 2316)Lane 2314; Lane 2316
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ġyr (D) (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 76)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 76gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ġwr (Biella 392)Biella 392gloss withheld

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Notes

Distinct from 1535 *ɣVwVr- 'raid, attack'. Biella 392 compares Arabic ġāra. Not 3684 *myr (Arabic mīrat, Syriac 'to import grain'), another root with the same sense.

Updated 25 October 2026

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