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Arabic
faqrat- - vertebra
(BK 2 619)
Also fiqrat-. faqār (coll.) ‘vertebra of the spine’ (BK 2 619)
Reconstruction
PWS
*pi/arḳ-at-, pi/aḳr-at-
- neck, vertebra, occiput
(SED I No. 219)
Two reconstructed stems are related metathetically; otherwise to be treated as two separate roots eventually related.