*wVṣVr-: 'form'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*wVṣVr-
Meaning'form'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianeṣēru 'draw'Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣr
Punicyṣr 'shape'Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣr
Ugariticyṣr (HALOT 428); /yāṣiru/ (UVST 134)HALOT 428; UVST 134gloss withheld
Hebrewṣwr, *ṣūrā, ṣīr (HALOT 1015, 1017, 1024); yōṣēr (HALOT 403, 429); yēṣer (HALOT 429)HALOT 1015, 1017, 1024; HALOT 403, 429; HALOT 429gloss withheld
Aramaicṣwr, ṣyr, Palm. ṣwrh (HALOT 1015, 1016, 1017)HALOT 1015, 1016, 1017
Syrian Aramaicṣār, ṣayyārā, ṣūrtā, ṣīrā (HALOT 1016, 1017, 1024)HALOT 1016, 1017, 1024
Mandaic AramaicṢUR, ṣuria (HALOT 1016, 1017)HALOT 1016, 1017
Arabicṣwr, ṣūrat (HALOT 1016, 1017)HALOT 1016, 1017
Epigraphic South ArabianSab. ṣwr (HALOT 1017; Sabaweb lemma 5230)HALOT 1017; Sabaweb lemma 5230gloss withheld
Amoriteyṣr (Huffmon APNM 214)Huffmon APNM 214gloss withheld
Eblaiticwa-zi-lu-um /wāṣirum/ (VE 1012; Krebernik 1983, 36)VE 1012; Krebernik 1983, 36gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ṣr (Al-Jallad 2026, 149)Al-Jallad 2026 149gloss withheld

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Notes

Phoen. yṣr 'potter' (DNWSI 644), apud SEDonline 2016, an areal *yṣr 'to fashion (pottery)'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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