# \*rʕy: 'pasture, herbage'

> Proto-Semitic *rʕy, 'pasture, herbage': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*rʕy |
| Meaning | 'pasture, herbage' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | rǝʿî (1K 5:3) (HALOT 1265) | HALOT 1265 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | riʿyā (HALOT 1265) | HALOT 1265 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | reʿyā; rāʿītā (HALOT 1265) | HALOT 1265 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | riʿy 'pasture, or herbage; the food of beasts' (Lane 1109) | Lane 1109 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic rʿyt (Al-Jallad 2026, 119) | Al-Jallad 2026 119 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mrʕ (DULAT 565) | DULAT 565 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | rʕy (DNWSI 1080) | DNWSI 1080 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Noun of 454 \*rVʕVy- 'pasture, graze'. Hebrew bāqār rǝʿî is 'pastured cattle' against fattened cattle (1K 5:3; HALOT 1265).

## Linked from

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

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