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b r d

15 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.16.14
Themes:cold·4hail·3wardum·2become·2cool·2
POS shape:noun·9verb·3adj·3

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

*b-r-dProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianbardub r dalternative form of wardum
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewבָּרָדב ר דhail
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicבַּרְדָאב ר דhail
Assyrian NAܒܲܪܕ݂ܵܐܒ ܪ ܕhail
Arabic
Arabicبَرَدَب ر دto be or become cold, to cool off
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicበረዶበ ረ ደice
Tigrinyaመብረድበ ר דrasp

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

Akkadian

akk · 2 lemmas

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 1 lemma
  • barḏānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Josh 10:11Wiktionary ↗
    hail
    Compare Hebrew בָּרָד (bārāḏ), Arabic بَرَد (barad).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • barḏānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    hail
    Inherited from Aramaic בַּרְדָא (barḏā); cognate to Arabic بَرَد (barad) and Hebrew בָּרָד (barád).
    3 derivations

Hebrew

he · 1 lemma
  • barádnouninferredT Gen.16.14Wiktionary ↗
    hail
    Compare Aramaic בַּרְדָא (barḏā), Arabic بَرَد (barad), Ge'ez በረድ (bäräd).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • baradaverbattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    to be or become cold, to cool off
  • barudaverbattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    to be or become cold
  • barradaverbattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    to cool, to refrigerate
  • ʔabradadjattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    elative degree of بَارِد (bārid)
    Elative of بَارِد (bārid, “cold”).
  • bāridadjattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    cold, cooling
    Derived from the active participle of بَرَدَ (barada, “to be cold, to freeze”). Cognate with Amharic ብርድ (bɨrd).
  • barūdnounattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    a kind of garment without nap
    Alteration of بُرْد (burd) from Old Armenian բուրդ (burd).
  • burūdnounattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of بَرَدَ (barada) (form I)
  • barūdadjattested☪︎ Q.21:69Wiktionary ↗
    having a cooling effect, rendering cold

Amharic

am · 1 lemma
  • bärädonouninferredWiktionary ↗
    ice
    Related to Arabic بَرَد (barad, “hail, hailstones”).

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma

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

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