*prʕ: 'to smash, crack; to separate'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*prʕ
Meaning	'to smash, crack; to separate'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Judaic Aramaic	JBA prˁ (DJBA 936 apud SEDonline 1825)	DJBA 936; SEDonline 1825	gloss withheld
Arabic	frˁ (Lane 2378 apud SEDonline 1825)	Lane 2378; SEDonline 1825	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	färaˁ bälä (TED 2667 apud SEDonline 1825)	TED 2667; SEDonline 1825	gloss withheld
Mehri	fátra (ML 97 apud SEDonline 1825)	ML 97; SEDonline 1825	gloss withheld
Jibbali	efráˁ (JL 59 apud SEDonline 1825)	JL 59; SEDonline 1825	gloss withheld

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Notes

PS *prˁ 'to smash, to crack' (SEDonline 1825). SEDonline 1825 also sets here Akk. parāˀu 'to slice, to slit' (CAD P 181, AHw 832), which shows no e-colouring for *ʕ and stands in 1745 *pVrVy- 'cut'; EDA I 226 (◊P0385) gives *prˁ, with JBA prˁ, Arb. frˁ, Tna. färaˁ bälä, Mhr. fátra and Jib. efráˁ, as an alternative prototype of parāˀu, and finds von Soden's match with Arb. fry phonologically unlikely (the Akkadian 'strong aleph' against -y). Cf. 452 *pVrVʕ- 'climb', 387 *parāʕ- 'axe'.

Updated 25 October 2026

*prʕ: 'to smash, crack; to separate'

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