# \*pVriz-: 'separate'

> Proto-Semitic *pVriz-, 'separate': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pVriz- |
| Meaning | 'separate' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1881 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | frz \[-i-\] (Lane 2365) | Lane 2365 |  |
| Mehri | ferōz |  |  |
| Soqotri | féroz (SLOnline 3758) | SLOnline 3758 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | \*פרז, in פְּרָזוֹת and פְּרָזִי (HALOT 965) | HALOT 965 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

SEDonline 1769 sets Mehri fərūz, Jibbali férɔ́z and Soq. féroz under PWS \*prz 'to break', with Mand. prz and Gz. tafarzaza. EDA I 311–312 (◊P0543) gives Arb. frz 'to set apart, to remove, to separate' (Lane 2365) as the closest match for Akk. parāzu (meaning uncertain), and the Mand., Gz., Amh. and MSA forms as 'less suitable, but still comparable meanings for \*p-r-z'.

## Linked from

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

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