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ʾ t r

24 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Ezra.6.3
Themes:country·2assyria·2homeland·2location·2turkiyy·2
POS shape:noun·10verb·8name·3root·1adj·1numeral·1

This root is attested across 7 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-t-rProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewאֲתָרא ת רA site: the location of an object, person, event, or similar.
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאַתְרָאא ת רcountry
Syriacܐܬܪܐܐ ܬ ܪplace, spot
Assyrian NAܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐܐ ܬ ܪcountry, land
Western NAܐܬܪܐ ܬ ܪtwo
Arabic
Arabicأَتَرَادُّء ت ر
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezአቶርአ ተ ረAssyria

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. Onk. Gen 13:3Wiktionary ↗
    country
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Compare Classical Syriac ܐܬܪܐ.
  • ʔiṯr'ħēmverbinferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Hos 14:4Wiktionary ↗
    to be loved, to be pitied, to be shown mercy
    Ithp'el construction of רַחֵם (raħēm, “to love”).

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • ʾaṯrānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    place, spot
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Cognate to Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “idem”), Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way, road; relic”), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace, vestige, impression, relic”), Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, “place, site”).
    2 derivations
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    emphatic plural of ܐܬܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 3 lemmas
  • aṯrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    country, land
    Inherited from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “country; idem”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-; cognate to Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ashér, relative pronoun), אֲתָר (atár, “site”), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way, road; relic”), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace, vestige, impression, relic”) and Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, “place,…
    3 derivations
  • aṯrānameattestedWiktionary ↗
    Assyria, the Assyrian homeland (a geographic region of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria in the Middle East)
    Inherited from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “country; idem”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-; cognate to Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ashér, relative pronoun), אֲתָר (atár, “site”), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way, road; relic”), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace, vestige, impression, relic”) and Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, “place,…
  • atrā d-aḇāhātēnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    homeland, fatherland

Hebrew

he · 7 lemmas
  • atárnounattestedT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    A site: the location of an object, person, event, or similar.
    Borrowed from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā), doublet of אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun).
    1 derivation
  • 'itérverbattestedT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of איתר
    Borrowed from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā), doublet of אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun).
  • utárverbattestedT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    To be located: to have its/one's position determined.
    Passive of איתר (itér), from the root א־ת־ר ('-t-r).
  • 'itérverbattestedT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    to localize
  • eternouninferredT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    the æther (archaic notion); or more modernly, ether.
  • nameinferredT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    a surname
  • ʾ-t-rrootinferredT Ezra.6.3Wiktionary ↗
    Related to location.
    Denominal from Aramaic אתרא. Compare Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔatarādduverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • ʔatrākadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    masculine plural of تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy)
  • ʔatrāknouninferredWiktionary ↗
    plural of تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy)
  • ʔutrunjnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of أُتْرُجّ (ʔutrujj)
  • ʔawtirīverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • ʔītārnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of أَوْتَرَ (ʔawtara) (form IV)
  • wātirīverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • ʔatarādadverbinferredWiktionary ↗

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma

Western Neo-Aramaic

amw · 1 lemma

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

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