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 𐎐— chest, box
Canaanite
Hebrewאֹרֶןא ר ן— a male given name, equivalent to English Oren
Phoenician𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤀 𐤓 𐤍— ark, chest, box
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicארנבאא ר נ— rabbit
Syriacܐܪܢܐܐ ܪ ܢ— mountain goat
Assyrian NAܐܲܪܢܲܒ݂ܬܵܐܐ ܪ ܢ— female equivalent of ܐܲܪܢܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (arnūḇā) rabbit
Arabic
Arabicأُرَانُء ر ن
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaኣረነአ ረ ነ— snail
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- chest, box
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma- ark, chest, box
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- rabbit
- Arnon river
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- mountain goatFrom Old Armenian առն (aṙn).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 3 lemmas- female equivalent of ܐܲܪܢܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (arnūḇā) rabbitNeologism based on Classical Syriac ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ. Compare Hebrew אַרְנֶבֶת (arnévet).
- rabbit, hareFrom 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).
- LepusFrom 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- a male given name, equivalent to English Oren
- A cupboard, closet, cabinet, or similar piece of furniture.From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Phoenician 𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn).
▸ 6 derivations
- derivedאֲרוֹן הַבְּרִיתarón habrít
- derivedאֲרוֹן סְפָריםarón sfarím
- derivedארון קודשarón kódesh
- derivedאֲרוֹן קֹדֶשׁarón kódesh
- derivedחֲדַר אֲרוֹנוֹתkhadár aronót
- derivedיָצָא מֵהָאָרוֹןyatsá meha'arón
- literacy, erudition
- defective spelling of אורן
- Related to closets, cupboards, boxes.
- plural indefinite form of אורן / אֹרֶן (óren)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to Iranize, to make IranianDenominal verb of إِيرَان (ʔīrān, “Iran”), with the first quadriliteral conjugation implying the bestowing of a particular quality.
- AlbaniansBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرناود (Arnavut).
- masculine plural of أَرْنَؤُدِيّ (ʔarnaʔudiyy)Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرناود (Arnavut).
- Arnedo (a town in Arnedo, La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain)
- Albanianأَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud, “Albanians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- Albanianأَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud, “Albanians”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- UranusBorrowed from English Uranus. Ultimately from
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- snail