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Syriac
brā - son
(LSyr. 88, SL 177)
pl. bnayyā
Reconstruction
PArm
*bir-
- son
(Kogan 2015: 398)
As suggested in Testen 1985, PArm. *bir- probably represents a specific phonological evolution of PWS *bin- (or bṇ-?) ‘son.’ As is well known, this PArm. feature is shared by MSA.