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PWS
*pVrs- - hoof
(SED I No. 220; Kogan 2011: 226)
Traditionally identified with Sem. verb *prs ‘to divide; break’ (cf., for example, HALOT 969); this looks a typical folk etymology as even in the Bible, this term conspicuously denotes both divided and non-divided hoof.
Words
Hebrew
parsā
- hoof
(HALOT 969)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
prsh
- hoof, split hoof
(DJPA 449)
Det. prsth
Syriac
parstā
- hoof; foot, sole
(LSyr. 600, SL 1246)
Mandaic
pras
- palm (of hand)
(MD 378)
St. constr. only.
Arabic
firsin-
- lowest part of the leg of a camel
(BK 2 569, Lane 2369)
Tigre
fərsəm
- ankle (of men); heel tendon
(WTS 656)