# \*zVʕVr-: 'be small'

> Proto-Semitic *zVʕVr-, 'be small': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*zVʕVr- |
| Meaning | 'be small' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3076 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | zʕr 'to be sparse, scanty (hair, feathers)' (Lane 1231) | Lane 1231 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | zǝʕēr |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | Urm zǝʕōr- |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | zǝʕōr- (Payne Smith 118) | Payne Smith 118 |  |
| Aramaic | Pal zʕwr, zeʕē(y)r (DJPA 179b apud CAL) | DJPA 179b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ủzʕrt (DULAT 132) | DULAT 132 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Hebrew zāʕīr 'a little' &lt; Aram? HAL 276. HALOT 277 compares Amarna zi-ir-ti (?), EA 127:34; Moran reads the gloss ṣí-ir-ti, Canaanite ṣūr 'to confine, besiege' (Moran 1992, 207, 208 n. 9).

## Linked from

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

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