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ʾ g r

33 lemmas · 8 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.📜 Ezra.4.8
Themes:rent·4roof·3rooftop·3letter· رِسَالَة · מִכְתָּב·3epistle·3
POS shape:noun·18verb·13root·1name·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-g-rProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewאַגְרָהא ג רfee, toll
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאגראא ג רroof, rooftop
Syriacܐܓܘܪܐܐ ܓ ܪhirer, employer
Assyrian NAܐܵܓ݂ܹܪܐ ܓ ܪto hire, rent
Arabic
Arabicآجَرَء ج رto rent out
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአጋርአ ገ ረHagar, the handmaiden of Sarah, Abraham's wife, who she gave to him to bear him children
Amharicአገርአ ገ ረcountry, district, region
Tigrinyaእግሪአ ገ ረfoot

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

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 2 lemmas
  • nouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Josh 2:6Wiktionary ↗
    roof, rooftop
  • nouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. 2 Sam 11:14Wiktionary ↗
    letter, epistle
    Cognates exist in many Semitic languages. The ultimate origin may be Iranian (compare Persian انگاره (engâre)).

Classical Syriac

syc · 4 lemmas
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    hirer, employer
    From the root ܐ ܓ ܪ related to hiring.
  • ʾăḡīrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    hired worker, workman, hireling, employee, servant
    From the root ܐ ܓ ܪ, related to hiring; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).
    1 derivation
  • ʾeggārānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    roof, rooftop
    Developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /⁠*ʾeggārā⁠/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, “wall”).
  • ʾeggarṯānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    letter, epistle
    From Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌓 (egertu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), possibly via Old Persian 𐎠𐎥𐎼𐎠 (*angarā, “missive, letter”). Compare Hebrew אִגֶּרֶת (ʾiggéreṯ).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • āḡērverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to hire, rent
    Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic [Term?]; while the dialectal vocalization instead is Borrowed from Arabic أَجَرَ (ʔajara, “to hire, rent”). Compare Hebrew אָגַר (agár, “to gather, harvest”).
  • gārēnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    roof, rooftop
    Originally the plural form from Aramaic אֵגָּרָא (ʾeggārā, “roof”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, “wall”); also borrowed into Arabic إِجَّار (ʔijjār) from Aramaic.
    1 derivation
  • aḡrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    salary, wages, pay
    Of the noun pattern 1a23ā, inherited from Aramaic אַגְרָא (ʾaḡrā); cognate to Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr).
  • maˀgirverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to lease, let, rent out
    Causative stem of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr, “to rent, hire”); compare Arabic آجَرَ (ʔājara).
  • āḡōrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    employer, hirer
    Active noun of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr, “to hire, rent”).
  • aḡīrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    employee, hired worker
    Passive participle of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr, “to hire, employ”) with the initial noun a semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).
  • ḡīrāverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    passive participle of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr)
    Passive participle of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr, “to hire, employ”) with the initial noun a semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).
  • iggarṯānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    letter, epistle
    Inherited from Aramaic אֵגַּרְתָא (ʾeggarṯā) from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌓 (egertu, “inscribed tablet; contract”); compare Hebrew אִגֶּרֶת (ʾiggéreṯ).
    4 derivations

Hebrew

he · 6 lemmas
  • agránounattested📜 Ezra.4.8Wiktionary ↗
    fee, toll
  • ma'agárnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    a reserve, a stockpile, a reservoir (place where anything is kept for future use, including water)
    1 derivation
  • ne'egárverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to be hoarded, to be stored, to be accumulated, to be gathered
  • agoránounattested📜 Ps.61.5Wiktionary ↗
    agora (since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel)
    From the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”). Compare אָגַר (agár, “to hoard, to store, to accumulate”).
    1 derivation
  • agárverbinferred📜 Prov.10.5Wiktionary ↗
    to hoard, to store, to accumulate, to gather
  • ʾ-g-rrootinferred📜 Prov.10.5Wiktionary ↗
    Related to collection, accumulation.
    The "letter" sense may be borrowed from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egertu).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas

Ge'ez

gez · 2 lemmas
  • ʾägarnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Hagar, the handmaiden of Sarah, Abraham's wife, who she gave to him to bear him children
    Borrowed from Hebrew הָגָר (hagár).
  • ʾəgrnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    foot
    Metathesized from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
    2 derivations

Amharic

am · 2 lemmas

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma

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

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