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PCS
*ŝVˁ(V)r- - barley
(Kogan 2011: 203, Kogan 2015: 199)
Higher-level reconstruction высшего уровня
PS
*ŝaˁr-
- straw, grass
(Kogan 2015: 40 n. 87, 199)
A derivation from PS
*ŝaˁr-
‘hair,’ assumed as certain in Fronzaroli 1969: 12‒13 and elsewhere in Semitological studies, is difficult to prove, although a contamination with this widespread anatomical term cannot be excluded.
Words
Ugaritic
šˁr
- barley
(DUL 798)
Hebrew
ŝəˁōrā
- barley
(HALOT 1346)
Syriac
sˁārtā
- barley
(LSyr. 489, SL 1028)
Arabic
šaˁīr-
- barley
(Lane 561)
Sabaic
s₂ˁr
- barley
(SD 131, Sima 2000: 247‒248)
Tigre
šəˁir
- barley
(WTS 226)
Borrowed from Arabic.
Mehri
šəˁīr
- barley
(ML 391)
Borrowed from Arabic.
Jibbali
šiˁír
- barley
(JL 259)
Borrowed from Arabic.