*pVṭr-: 'fungus, mushroom'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*pVṭr-
Meaning'fungus, mushroom'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline 1818

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewpiṭrā (Levy IV 32 apud SEDonline 1818)Levy IV 32; SEDonline 1818gloss withheld
Judaic AramaicJBA piṭṭūrā (DJBA 899 apud SEDonline 1818)DJBA 899; SEDonline 1818gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicpeṭṭortā (LSyr. 565, SL 1183 apud SEDonline 1818)LSyr. 565, SL 1183; SEDonline 1818gloss withheld

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Notes

PCS *pVṭr- 'fungus' (SEDonline 1818); EDA I 518 (◊P0960) cites JBA piṭṭūrā, Syr. peṭṭortā, Arb. fuṭr- and Hbr. piṭrā for Akk. puṭūru <a foodstuff>, possibly a loanword from Aramaic. Hbr. piṭrā is post-Biblical. Cf. 3204 *kamʾ-at- 'mushroom, truffle'. Arabic fuṭr 'toadstool, fungus' (Lane 2416) is a loan from Syriac (Brock. 565); Lane's sources derive it from faṭara 'to cleave' (TA).

Updated 25 October 2026

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