# \*pa/irs-: 'sole (of foot, hoof)'

> Proto-Semitic *pa/irs-, 'sole (of foot, hoof)': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pa/irs- |
| Meaning | 'sole (of foot, hoof)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2631 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | firsin- 'foot, paw (that part of the foot that the camel and the elephant place on the ground), sheep's foot' \[BK 2 569\]. | BK 2 569 |  |
| Tigre | fǝrsǝm \[LH 656\] | LH 656 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | pras (st. constr. only) \[DM 378\] | DM 378 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | NASS rɔpsɔ \[Tser 0198\]. Metathesis | Tser 0198 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | parsā (HALOT 969). | HALOT 969 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | prsh, det. prsth \[DJPA 449a apud CAL\] | DJPA 449a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | parsǝtā 'hoof (of an animal); foot; sole' \[Brock 600\] (under pǝras 'he/she divided'); parsūʕā 'hoof' \[Brock. 602\]; pūršālā 'a goat's hoof' (Payne Smith 439). | Brock 600; Brock. 602; Payne Smith 439 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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