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Proto-MSA
*mrṯ - to give instructions
(Kogan 2015:564)
The origin of Proto-MSA *mrṯ ̣ ‘to give instructions’ is unknown. Any connection with Tna. märäṣä, Amh. märräṭä, End. Muh. Sod. märräṭä ‘to choose, to prefer, to elect’ (TED 378, AED 197, EDG 424)? (Kogan 2015:564)
Words
Mehri
mərūḏ̣
- to give instructions
(ML 268)
Jibbali
mérɔ́ḏ̣
- to give instructions
(JL 173)
Soqotri
méraṭ
- to instruct, to admonish
(
LS
250;
CSOL I
613;
CSOL II
541;
Naumkin et al. 2015a
:79)