Number: 1991
Proto-Semitic: *ʔa/ibr-
Meaning: pinion, wing
Akkadian: abru 'wing; fin' OB, SB [CAD a1 64], [AHw 7]
Ugaritic: ʔibr 'ala, aleta' [DLU 5].
Not quite certain, interpreted as a verbal form with the meaning 'fliegen (?)' in [Aist 4]
Hebrew: ʔäbrā, ʔēbär 'pinion' [KB 9]
Aramaic: PLM ʔbr 'wing' [HJ 7]
Judaic Aramaic: ʔēbārā, ʔēbǝrā 'arm, wing, pinion' [Ja 44]
Syrian Aramaic: ʔebrā 'penna' [Brock 3]
Mandaic Aramaic: ʕbra 'wing, pinion' [DM 341]
Notes: In individual dictionaries (e.g. [KB 9]) usually unseparated from the forms meaning 'membrum virile; membrum, limb' (see in *ʔi(-)bar-, No. ); formally treated as different roots in [DRS 5], with a remark: "peuvent être en partie des développements sémantiques d'une même notion". AFRASIAN cognates, however, imply that 'wing' is a primary meaning in SEM, not derived from 'body part, member'. Cf. HBR PB ʔābar 'to soar, to take wings' [Ja 8] and UGR ʔbr 'fliegen (?)' [Aist 4] (above), likely denominal; cf., however, ETH *brr and *bǝrr bäla (in AFRASIAN, above).
[KB 9, apud Guillaume] quotes ARB wabbara 'to be covered with feathers/fur'; in [BK 2 1475] only the meaning 'avoir beaucoup du poil, être très velu' is given for this verb evidently derived from wabar- 'poil du chèvre' [ibid. 1476], semantically hard to compare.
[DRS 5]: AKK, HBR, UGR, JUD, SYR; [DLU 5]: UGR, HBR, AKK, SYR; [AHw 7]: AKK, HBR, ARM; [KB 9]: HBR, ARM, AKK, ARB (wbr); [Brock 3]: SYR, JUD, HBR, AKK; [Holma 140]: AKK, HBR, SYR, ARB (wabar-, apud Vollers)
