One wonders whether the ARB DIAL examples retain the original SEM root with no *ʔi- (see AFRASIAN) or the latter was lost in these dialects.
To distinguish from both *ʔa/ibr- 'pinion, wing', No. (see AFRASIAN) and *ʔi(-)bVr(r)-at- 'thigh(bone); shin(bone); forearm', No. .
It is hard to say whether the meaning 'member, limb' is a secondary development in HBR and ARM or the terms with this meaning should be separated from what then are to be regarded as homonyms meaning 'membrum virile', and related to *ʔi(-)bVr(r)-at- 'thigh(bone); shin(bone); forearm' (No. ).
Cf. metathetic ARB ʔirb- 'membre du corps, surtout la main ou la verge' [BK 1 23] and wirb-, warb- 'membre du corps' [ibid. 2 1516]; cf. also *rib(Vb)y-at-, *ʔa-rib(Vb)y-at- 'part of body below the navel' (No. ).
[DRS 5]: HBR, PHL, ARB CLASS
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