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ʾ r n

23 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 Exod.25.10
Themes:rabbit·3chest·2box·2equivalent·2arnedo·2
POS shape:noun·13name·5verb·2adj·2root·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-r-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎀𐎗𐎐𐎀 𐎗 𐎐chest, box
Canaanite
Hebrewאֹרֶןא ר ןa male given name, equivalent to English Oren
Phoenician𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤀 𐤓 𐤍ark, chest, box
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicארנבאא ר נrabbit
Syriacܐܪܢܐܐ ܪ ܢmountain goat
Assyrian NAܐܲܪܢܲܒ݂ܬܵܐܐ ܪ ܢfemale equivalent of ܐܲܪܢܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (arnūḇā) rabbit
Arabic
Arabicأُرَانُء ر ن
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaኣረነአ ረ ነsnail

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

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma

Phoenician

irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 2 lemmas

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    mountain goat
    From Old Armenian առն (aṙn).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 3 lemmas
  • arnaḇtānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    female equivalent of ܐܲܪܢܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (arnūḇā) rabbit
    Neologism based on Classical Syriac ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ. Compare Hebrew אַרְנֶבֶת (arnévet).
  • arnūḇānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    rabbit, hare
    From the previous form ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ (arnḇā), inherited from Aramaic אַרְנְבָא (ʾarnəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarnab-; compare Turoyo ܐܱܪܢܘܘܐ (ärnuwo), Classical Syriac ܐܪܢܒܐ (ʾarnəḇā), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab), and Hebrew אַרְנָב (arnáv).
  • arnūḇānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Lepus
    From the previous form ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ (arnḇā), inherited from Aramaic אַרְנְבָא (ʾarnəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarnab-; compare Turoyo ܐܱܪܢܘܘܐ (ärnuwo), Classical Syriac ܐܪܢܒܐ (ʾarnəḇā), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab), and Hebrew אַרְנָב (arnáv).

Hebrew

he · 6 lemmas

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔurānuverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • ʔayranaverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to Iranize, to make Iranian
    Denominal verb of إِيرَان (ʔīrān, “Iran”), with the first quadriliteral conjugation implying the bestowing of a particular quality.
  • ʔarnaʔudnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Albanians
    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرناود (Arnavut).
  • ʔarnaʔudadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    masculine plural of أَرْنَؤُدِيّ (ʔarnaʔudiyy)
    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرناود (Arnavut).
  • ʔarnīṭnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Arnedo (a town in Arnedo, La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain)
  • ʔarnaʔudiyyadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Albanian
    أَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud, “Albanians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
  • ʔarnaʔudiyynouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Albanian
    أَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud, “Albanians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
  • ʔūrānūsnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Uranus
    Borrowed from English Uranus. Ultimately from

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma

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

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