# \*par(a)ʾ-: 'onager, wild ass'

> Proto-Semitic *par(a)ʾ-, 'onager, wild ass': reflexes in 8 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*par(a)ʾ- |
| Meaning | 'onager, wild ass' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 209 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | faraʔ-, farāʔ- \[BK 2 560\], \[Fr. III 326\], \[Lane 2357\], \[LA I 121\], fariyyat- \[BK 2 589\], \[Fr. III 344\] | BK 2 560; Fr. III 326; Lane 2357; LA I 121; BK 2 589; Fr. III 344 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | parû OB on \[AHw. 837\] | AHw. 837 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | pri |  |  |
| Hebrew | pärä(ʔ) (HALOT 961) (with an orthographic variant pärä(h) in Jr 2.24), pB. \[Ja. 1213\] | HALOT 961; Ja. 1213 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. ʔ-frʔ (pl.) \[Robin-Gajda 116; Sabaweb lemma 3046\] | Sabaweb lemma 3046 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic frʾ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 69) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 69 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | pār (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 131) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 131 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /parʾ/: name bar-i (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 131) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 131 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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