b r t
28 lemmas · 10 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular📜 Gen.9.12
Themes:daughter· اِبْنَة · בַּת·6brother· أَخ · אָח·2
POS shape:noun·20verb·4name·2proper noun·1phrase·1
This root is attested across 10 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*b-r-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewהַבְּרִיתב ר ת— singular definite form of בְּרִית (b'rit)
Phoenician𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤁 𐤓 𐤕— Beirut
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicבְּרַתָּאב ר ת— daughter
Syriacܒܪܬܒ ܪ ܬ— construct state singular of ܒܪܬܐ
Assyrian NAܒܪܵܬܵܐܒ ܪ ܬ— daughter
Turoyoܒܪܬܐܒ ܪ ܬ— daughter
Western NAܒܪܬ̤ܐܒ ܪ ܬ— daughter, girl
Arabic
Arabicبُرْتُمْب ر ت
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩨𐩧𐩩𐩨 𐩧 𐩩— contract
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicብርታኒያበ ረ ተ— Britain (a country in Europe)
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma- Beirut
Old South Arabian
irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma- contract
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- daughter
- alternative form of בְּרֹותָא (bərōṯā, “cypress”)
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- construct state singular of ܒܪܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 7 lemmas- daughterFrom the older form *ܒܪܲܬܵܐ (*brattā), variant of Aramaic בַּרְתָּא (barṯā), from Proto-Semitic *bint-. Possibly a back-formation from old possessive forms such as Classical Syriac ܒܪܲܬ݂ܝ (braṯ, “my daughter”); compare Mlahsö ܒܪܰܬܐ (brato), Turoyo ܒܰܪܬ݂ܐ (barṯo), Arabic بِنْت (bint), Hebrew בַּת (bat) and Akkadian 𒁉𒅔𒌈…
- endearing term for young girlsFrom the older form *ܒܪܲܬܵܐ (*brattā), variant of Aramaic בַּרְתָּא (barṯā), from Proto-Semitic *bint-. Possibly a back-formation from old possessive forms such as Classical Syriac ܒܪܲܬ݂ܝ (braṯ, “my daughter”); compare Mlahsö ܒܪܰܬܐ (brato), Turoyo ܒܰܪܬ݂ܐ (barṯo), Arabic بِنْت (bint), Hebrew בַּת (bat) and Akkadian 𒁉𒅔𒌈…
- fraternal niece (daughter of one's brother)
- paternal cousin (daughter of one's father's brother)
- echoComposed of ܒܲܪ݇ܬ݂ (baṯ, “daughter of”) + ܩܵܠܵܐ (qālā, “voice/sound”); compare Classical Syriac ܒܲܪ݇ܬ݂ ܩܵܠܵܐ and Hebrew בַּת־קוֹל (bat-kol).
- eggplant, aubergineBack-formation from ܒܢܵܬ݂ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ (bnāṯgannē), ultimately from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân).
- cerebellumLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܪܬ ܡܘܚܐ, composed of ܒܲܪ݇ܬ݂ (baṯ, “daughter of”) + ܡܘܼܚܵܐ (mūḥā, “the brain”).
Hebrew
he · 5 lemmas- singular definite form of בְּרִית (b'rit)
- icebreaker (a ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas)
- plural indefinite form of שׁוֹבֶרֶת קֶרַח
- New Testament
- separate the wheat from the chaff
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- orange, orangesBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), or less likely from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli). Doublet of الْبُرْتُغَال (al-burtuḡāl, “Portugal”), taken directly from the Portuguese or through a Romance cognate.
- alternative form of بُرْتُقَال (burtuqāl)
- protonFrom English proton, coined by Ernest Rutherford in 1920 using Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton), neuter of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).
- proteinBorrowed from English protein.
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- Britain (a country in Europe)Internationalism from Latin Brittania.
Turoyo
tru · 1 lemma- daughter
Western Neo-Aramaic
amw · 1 lemma- daughter, girl