The Etymology of Sabaic brṯ‘place’

This article proposes an etymology for the common Sabaic word brṯ ‘place’, namely, via derivation from the nominalised prepositional phrase b‘in’ + ʾṯ r ‘place’, with two phonological shifts at play: (a) elision of the intervocalic glottal stop, and (b) metathesis of /ṯ / and /r/.

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Published in:Journal of Semitic studies
Main Author: Rendsburg, Gary A. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2022
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 317-335
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Summary:This article proposes an etymology for the common Sabaic word brṯ ‘place’, namely, via derivation from the nominalised prepositional phrase b‘in’ + ʾṯ r ‘place’, with two phonological shifts at play: (a) elision of the intervocalic glottal stop, and (b) metathesis of /ṯ / and /r/.
ISSN:1477-8556
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgab033