g r g
25 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular
Themes:europe·4george·3georgia·3country·3asia·3
POS shape:noun·11name·11verb·1adv·1adj·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
*g-r-gProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadiangerginakkug r g— library
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎂𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎌𐎂 𐎗 𐎂— Carchemish, a city in Mesopotamia
Canaanite
Hebrewגֵּאוֹרְגְּיָהג ר ג— Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
Aramaic
Syriacܓܪܓܐܓ ܪ ܓ— bait
Assyrian NAܡܓܲܪܸܓ݂ܓ ܪ ܓ— to incite, encourage, urge
Arabic
Arabicجُرْجُسج ر ج— George, a legendary Christian martyr
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezጌርጌሴዎንገ ረ ገ— the Girgashites
Amharicግርጌገ ረ ገ— Aphetic form of እግርጌ (ʾəgərge)
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 · 1 lemma- libraryLikely from Sumerian 𒄊𒁺𒈾 (g̃iri₃-g̃en-na /g̃irig̃ena/, “sequence, series [of tablets]”).
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- Carchemish, a city in Mesopotamia
Classical Syriac
syc · 6 lemmas- baitFrom the root ܓ ܪ ܓ related to inciting.
- a type of gnatsCompare the borrowed Arabic جِرْجِس (jirjis).
- alternative form of ܓܰܪܓܢܳܣܴܐ (gargnāsā, “strawberry tree”)
- strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English GeorgeBorrowed from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
- GregoryBorrowed from Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 3 lemmas- to incite, encourage, urgeFrom Aramaic גַּרֵג (garreḡ)
- must, have to, shouldFrom Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek, “necessity, requirement”)
- garageFrom English garage.
Hebrew
he · 2 lemmas- Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)From Latin Georgia.
- Georgian (the language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- George, a legendary Christian martyrFrom Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
- sealing earth, terra sigillataBorrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּישְׁתָּא (gargīštā) / ܓܰܪܓܶܫܬܴܐ (gargeštā), of unknown origin.
- a male given name of especially Lebanese usage, equivalent to English GeorgeFrom French Georges and English George. Doublet of جُرْجُس (jurjus).
- Gorgan (a city in Iran)
- Georgians (especially in the Middle Ages)
- Georgianجُورْجِيَا (jurjiyā, “Georgia”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- Georgian (person)جُورْجِيَا (jurjiyā, “Georgia”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
- Georgia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea.)Imitating a European language, compare English Georgia.
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- the Girgashites
Amharic
am · 3 lemmas- Aphetic form of እግርጌ (ʾəgərge)
- foot of a bedFrom እግር (ʾəgər, “foot”).
- panic