# \*pry: 'to insult, blame'

> Proto-Semitic *pry, 'to insult, blame': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pry |
| Meaning | 'to insult, blame' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 1754 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | parû (CAD P 209, AHw 837 apud SEDonline 1754) | CAD P 209, AHw 837; SEDonline 1754 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | fry (Lane 2391 apud SEDonline 1754) | Lane 2391; SEDonline 1754 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*pry 'to insult' (SEDonline 1754); EDA I 228–229 (◊P0389) compares Akk. parû 'to insult, to speak basely' with Arb. fry (IV) 'to blame, to censure'. Cf. 1745 \*pVrVy- 'cut' (Akk. parû 'to cut through', Arb. fry 'slit').

## Linked from

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

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