بَار
bɛr
basic morphological information

n.

son or daughter
сын или дочь
ابن
LS 95; CSOL I 516; CSOL II 435
text examples

a. wa-ˀérem ˁag rígdihi šeʸh ébrɛhɛʸh bɛr díˀʸheʰ bɛr múgšem záḥi ‘Now there was a man from the tribe of Rigdiho, and he had a grandson, the son of his son, an uncircumcised boy’ (CSOL I 2:7)

b. sɛ́rɛd še bɛr óˀoz mɛ́ḷḥeʰ di-ˁéyyek ḷeŝkɛ́fš ‘I used to have a kid born of a house-goat, and I needed to block its mouth to stop it from suckling’ (CSOL I 18:37

c. wa-ˀɛʰ aḷ-bɛršɛ́ ‘You are not his son’ (CSOL I 17:19) 

d. teẓ̂óľiˁ énhi bɛ́r-mhon ho ‘Tell me whose son I am’ (CSOL I 17:53) 

 

morphological notes

With pronominal suffixes:

 

Sg.

Du.

Pl.

1

bɛrníˀho

bɛrkíˀki

bɛrníˀḥan

2 m.

bɛrkέ

bɛrkíˀti

bɛrkéˀten

2 f.

bɛrší

3 m.

bɛršέ

bɛršíˀʸhi

bɛršéˀʸhen

3 f.

bɛrsέ

bɛrséˀsen

 

semantic notes

Also used to denote offspring of animals or birds (b).

bɛ́r-mhon ‘whose son?’ (d)

bɛr dédoʰ ‘cousin’: wa-šéʸhen múgšem díˀʸhen bɛr dédoʰ ‘And the young man, their cousin (lit. their son of uncle), was with them’ (CSOL I 6:10) 

other notes

ḥéyhe bɛr ḥóriš ‘human being (lit. a man, son of mankind)’: 

ˁö́mor ṭad wówhed wówhed wówhed ˁámok ḥéyhe bɛr ḥóriš ˁö́mor ḥéyhe bɛr ḥóriš ‘Somebody cried: “wówhed wówhed wówhed!” I said: “Is it a man, son of humans?” He said: “Yes, a man, son of humans”’ (CSOL II 24:12j)

root
bry
derivates
etymology
Proto-MSA *bir- son
continental MSA