S. brass n. “great cliff” (Category: Slope, Cliff)
- S. brass, n. “great cliff” (Category: Slope, Cliff)
- G. falc “cleft, gash; cleft, ravine, cliffs”
- G. falchos “cliffs”
A noun glossed “great cliff”, derived from the root √BARAS (PE17/22-23).
Reference ✧ PE17/23 ✧ “great cliff”
Related
- brass “great cliff” is a homonym of N. brass “white heat, *extreme heat”
- brass “great cliff” is similar in meaning to îf “cliff, sheer descent”
- brass “great cliff” is similar in meaning to N. rhass “precipice”
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √BARAS > brass |
[barássē] > [brassē] > [brasse] > [brass]
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✧ PE17/23 |