# \*pagr-: 'body, esp. dead body, corpse'

> Proto-Semitic *pagr-, 'body, esp. dead body, corpse': reflexes in 10 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pagr- |
| Meaning | 'body, esp. dead body, corpse' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2173 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | pagru OB on \[AHw 809\] | AHw 809 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | pagra \[DM 359\] | DM 359 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | NASS paɣra \[Tser 0160\] IRAN \*paḫrā; c. suff. paḫrán \[Pen 107\] | Tser 0160; Pen 107 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | pägär (HALOT 911) | HALOT 911 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | pǝgar (pagrā, pigrā); pgr (pgrh, pwgrh) \[Ja 1136\], \[DJPA 424b apud CAL\] | Ja 1136; DJPA 424b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | pagrā 'body, corpse' \[Brock 556\] | Brock 556 |  |
| Aramaic | OLD OFF PLM pgr \[HJ 901\] | HJ 901 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | pagraʾ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 123) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 123 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | pu-ga-ra-tu₄ /pugarātu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 141) | Pentiuc 2001 141 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | pgr (DULAT 655) | DULAT 655 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Reflexive pronoun in East Semitic: pagaršu ina šimim iddin 'he sold himself'. Alternative to ramanu- and napš- for reflexive constructions (Lipiński OLA80 §36.28). DULAT 655 reads Ugr. pgr 'body, corpse as a funerary offering' (apud SEDonline 688, an areal \*pagr- 'body, trunk').

## Linked from

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

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