Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʕabar-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Verb

*ʕabar-

  1. to pass, cross.

Inflection

Conjugation of *ʕabar- (paʕala)
verbal noun *ʕabr-
active participle *ʕābir-
passive participle *ʕabīr-, *ʕabūr-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *ʕabarku *ʕabarka *ʕabara *ʕabarkayā *ʕabarkā *ʕabarā *ʕabarna *ʕabarkanu *ʕabarū
f *ʕabarki *ʕabarat *ʕabaratā *ʕabarkina *ʕabarā
imperfect m *ʔaʕbar *taʕbar *yiʕbar *taʕbarā *yaʕbarā *niʕbar *taʕbarū *yiʕbarū
f *taʕbarī *taʕbar *taʕbarā *taʕbarā *yiʕbarā
imperative m *ʕabar *ʕabarā *ʕabarū
f *ʕabarī *ʕabarā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: ebēru
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎁𐎗 (ʿbr)
      • Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩨𐩧 (ʿbr, to transgress, towards)