*nīr-: 'newly broken ground, tilled field; to plough for the first time'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*nīr-
Meaning	'newly broken ground, tilled field; to plough for the first time'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Ugaritic	nrt (DULAT 634)	DULAT 634	gloss withheld
Hebrew	נִיר (HALOT 697); ניר qal (HALOT 696)	HALOT 697; HALOT 696	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	nyr (HALOT 697)	HALOT 697
Syrian Aramaic	nyr (HALOT 697)	HALOT 697
Mandaic Aramaic	nyr (HALOT 697)	HALOT 697

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Arabic nīr is borrowed from Aramaic (HALOT 697).

Updated 4 November 2026