ברוש
Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate to Akkadian 𒇷 (burāšu), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "sem-jar" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., בְּרָָתָא (bərāṯā), Classical Syriac ܒܪܘܬܐ (bərōṯā), all meaning cypresses.
Noun
בְּרוֹשׁ • (bərṓš) m (plural indefinite בְּרוֹשִׁים)
Descendants
- → Ge'ez: ቢሮሽ (biroš), ቤሩሽ (beruš, “cypress”) (from the singular)
- → Ge'ez: ቢሩሲም (birusim), በርሲም (bärsim), ቤሬሲም (beresim), ቤሩሲም (berusim, “cypress”) (from the plural)
Further reading
- ברוש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
References
- “ברוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 84