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Root f-r-s

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —f-r-s↔ f-r-s. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: f-r-s
  • פְּרַסp’rasverb• tg. Onk. Gen 33:19
    to divide
  • פָּרָסpārāsname• tg. Onk. Gen 33:19
    Persia, the Persians
  • פַּרְסָאparsānoun• tg. Onk. Exod 26:36
    a half-unit, such as a half-shekel or half-mina
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Arabic

ar
root: f-r-s
  • فَرَسَfarasaverb
    to maul, to tear up, to tatter
  • فَرْسfarsnoun
    verbal noun of فَرَسَ (farasa) (form I)
  • فَارِسfārisnoun
    horseman, rider
  • اِفْتَرَسَiftarasaverb
    to prey upon, to devour, to maul, to scarf down
  • اِفْتِرَاسiftirāsnoun
    verbal noun of اِفْتَرَسَ (iftarasa) (form VIII)
  • فُرُوسِيَّةfurūsiyyanoun
    horsemanship, hippology, farriery
  • فَرَسfarasnoun
    horse, mare
  • فَرَّسَfarrasaverb
    to persianize/persify
Canonical root family: f-r-s