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ʾ d r

20 lemmas · 8 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Num.34.4
Themes:march·3month·3powerful·2mighty·2twelfth·2
POS shape:noun·8verb·5name·4adjective·1adv·1adj·1

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*ʾ-d-rProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewאֲדָרא ד רAdar (the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan)
Punic𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤀 𐤃 𐤓powerful; mighty; large
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאֲדָרא ד רMarch
Syriacܐܕܪܐ ܕ ܪMarch
Assyrian NAܐܵܕ݂ܵܪܐ ܕ ܪtwelfth month of the Assyrian calendar
Turoyoܐܕܪܐ ܕ ܪMarch
Arabic
Arabicأَدْرِرْء د ر
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaአድሪአ ደ ረalternative form of ኣድሪ (ʾadri, “mustard”)

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Punic

irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 2 lemmas
  • ʾăḏārnameinferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Josh 16:5Wiktionary ↗
    March
    From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).
  • ʾaddərabbāadvinferredWiktionary ↗
    on the contrary

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • ʾāḏārnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    March
    From Aramaic אֲדָר (ʾăḏār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).
    1 derivation
  • ʾeḏrānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    leishmaniasis
    From Persian آزار (âzar), as in its Hindustani name کالا آزار (kālā āzār) / काला आज़ार (kālā āzār).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • āḏārnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    twelfth month of the Assyrian calendar
    Inherited from Aramaic אֲדָר (ʾăḏār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum); Doublet of ܒܸܕܪܵܐ (bidrā), “threshing floor”. Also borrowed into Hebrew אֲדָר (ʾăḏār) and Arabic آذَار (ʔāḏār).

Hebrew

he · 5 lemmas
  • adárnameattestedT Num.34.4Wiktionary ↗
    Adar (the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan)
    From Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (Addarum).
    4 derivations
  • édernounattestedT Num.34.4Wiktionary ↗
    A kind of cedar tree.
    From Aramaic אדרא . Compare Classical Syriac ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrā).
  • adíradjattestedT Ps.8.2Wiktionary ↗
    mighty, powerful
  • adéretnounattestedT Josh.7.21Wiktionary ↗
    A coat, a mantle, a robe.
    From the root א־ד־ר
  • édernouninferredT Num.34.4Wiktionary ↗
    A mounted animal: an animal skin that has been stuffed and mounted for display.

Arabic

ar · 6 lemmas

Tigrinya

ti · 2 lemmas
  • ʾädrinouninferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ኣድሪ (ʾadri, “mustard”)
  • ʾadrinouninferredWiktionary ↗
    mustard
    Cognate to Tigre እድር (ʾəddər).

Turoyo

tru · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with ʾ-d-r

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