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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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birsīm بِرْسيم , var. EgAr barsīm 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BRSM 
n. 
clover, specif. berseem, Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.; bot.) 
From Copt bersim ‘clover’, from ber (Eg pr.t ?) ‘seed’ and sim (Eg sm) ‘plant’. 
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▪ Youssef2003: from Eg brsm, Copt birsim ‘clover’
▪ Rolland2014: from Copt bercim ‘clover’, from ber ‘seed’ and cim ‘plant’ 
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BRṢ برص 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 3Mar2023
√BRṢ 
“root” 
▪ BRṢ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ BRṢ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ BRṢ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘vitiligo, loss of pigmentation; leprosy; gecko; to graze pasture to extinction’ 
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BRṬM برطم 
ID 068 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BRṬM 
“root” 
▪ BRṬM_1 ‘to rave, talk irrationally’ ↗barṭam‑ .
▪ BRṬM_2 ‘trunk of an elephant’ (burṭūm) ↗barṭam‑ .
▪ BRṬM_3 ‘glass jar’ ↗barṭamān
▪ BRṬM_4 ‘apartment’ barṭamān (TunAr) < Fr appartement . 
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Wehr and DRS group BRṬM_1 and BRṬM_2 together as one item. As long as there is no counter-evidence against this EtymArab follows this model, i.e., burṭūm‑ is treated as dependent from barṭam‑. 
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