Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/biʔr-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*biʔr-

1. a well

Inflection

Declension of *biʔr-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*biʔrum	*biʔrāna	plural stem + *-ūna
	*biʔrim	*biʔrayna	plural stem + *-īna
Accusative	*biʔram
possessive forms
1st person	*biʔrī / *biʔrya	—	*biʔrni
2nd person m	*biʔrka	*biʔrkumā / *biʔrkumay	*biʔrkum(ū)
2nd person f	*biʔrki		*biʔrkin(ā)
3rd person m	*biʔršu	*biʔršumā / *biʔršumay	*biʔršum(ū)
3rd person f	*biʔrša		*biʔršin(ā)
Note: the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible.

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒁍𒌨𒋾 (bīrtu)
• Arabic: بِئْر‎ (biʾr)
  • Egyptian Arabic: بير‎ (bīr)
  • Maltese: bir
  • Moroccan Arabic: بير‎ (bīr)
  • → Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: bîr

    Central Kurdish: بیر‎ (bîr)

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܐܪܐ‎ (b(əʾ)ērā)

  Jewish Aramaic: בְּאֵרָא‎ (b(əʾ)ērā)

• Hebrew: בְּאֵר‎ (bəʾēr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎛𐎗 (bỉr)