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Root f-r-s

Imperial Aramaic Ge'ez

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —f-r-sf-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

Ge'ez

gez
root: f-r-s
  • ፈረስfäräsnoun
    horse
  • ፋርስfarsname
    Persia, the Persians
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Canonical root family: f-r-s