Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ב־ר־שׁ (b-r-sh)

An old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. Doublet of בְּרֹות (brot), the Aramaic form.

Noun

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בְּרוֹשׁ (broshm (plural indefinite בְּרוֹשִׁים)

  1. cypress

Descendants

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  • Ge'ez: ቢሮሽ (biroš), ቤሩሽ (beruš, cypress) (from the singular)
  • Ge'ez: ቢሩሲም (birusim), በርሲም (bärsim), ቤሬሲም (beresim), ቤሩሲም (berusim, cypress) (from the plural)

References

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  • ברוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 84

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