# \*ɣyr: 'other than, except; without'

> Proto-Semitic *ɣyr, 'other than, except; without': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ɣyr |
| Meaning | 'other than, except; without' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ġayr 'other, other than; exclusively of' (Lane 2315); ġayr 'except, save' (Lane 2316) | Lane 2315; Lane 2316 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ġyr, ġr; b-ġyr (SD 55); ġr, ġyr; b-ġyr (Biella 394); Qat. ġyr (Ricks 1982 s.v. ġyr) | SD 55; Biella 394; Ricks 1982 s.v. ġyr | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Not 3539 \*ɣyr 'to provision with food'. Cf. 3417 \*ʕar 'but', 3273 \*ʾilā/\*ʾillā 'besides, apart from', 3444 \*zVl-t- 'except, beside'.

## Linked from

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

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