m ḥ r
23 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.30.33
Themes:tomorrow·4engineer·2day· يَوْم · יוֹם·2ranfaza·2
POS shape:noun·13adv·5verb·3adj·1name·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
*m-ḥ-rProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewמְחִירמ ח ר— A (good or service's) price, cost.
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמחרמ ח ר— tomorrow
Syriacܡܚܪܐܡ ܚ ܪ— geometrician, geometer
Assyrian NAܡܲܚܵܪܵܐܡ ܚ ܪ— engineer
Arabic
Arabicمِحْيَارم ح ر— a person who hesitates a lot
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩣𐩣 𐩢 𐩧— temple
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezምሕረትመ ሐ ረ— compassion, pity, commiseration
Tigrinyaምህርቲמ ח ר— harvest, crop
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Old South Arabian
irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma- temple
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- tomorrow
Classical Syriac
syc · 3 lemmas- geometrician, geometer
- Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendarFrom Arabic محرم.
- mosquito netFrom Arabic مَحْرَمَة (maḥrama).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 7 lemmas- engineerLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac, itself believed to be a possible Akkadian loan.
▸ 2 derivations
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܵܝܵܐmaḥḥārāyā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐmaḥḥārūṯā
- to engineer, measureDenominal verb from ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārā, “geometrician; engineer; surveyor”).
- poet, writer, versifier, lyricistActive noun of the above root, related to ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārā, “surveyor, engineer”).
- female equivalent of ܡܵܚܘܿܪܵܐ (māḥōrā); poetessFeminine equivalent of ܡܵܚܘܿܪܵܐ (māḥōrā).
- engineering (application of mathematics and physical science to the needs of humanity)From ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārā, “engineer, geometrician”) + -ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).
▸ 7 derivations
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐmaḥḥārūṯ mākēnē
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ ܩܵܠܵܐmaḥḥārūṯ qālā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ ܬܲܚܪܸܙܬܵܐmaḥḥārūṯ taḥriztā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܪܩܵܝܬܵܐmaḥḥārūṯā birqāytā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܙܪܘܼܥܬܵܢܵܝܬܵܐmaḥḥārūṯā zruˁtānāytā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܟܹܝܡܵܠܹܐܵܝܬܵܐmaḥḥārūṯā kēmālēˀāytā
- derivedܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐmaḥḥārūṯā mḏīnāytā
- tomorrowLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܚܪ (mḥār); cognate to Turoyo ܪܰܡܚܶܠ (ramḥel) and Hebrew מָחָר (makhár). The connection some scholars see with Akkadian 𒅆 (maḫrum, “front; former”) is unlikely.
- day after tomorrow, overmorrowCalque of Hebrew מחרתיים /מָחֳרָתַיִם (mokh(o)ratáyim, “day after tomorrow”) and neologism from ܡܚܵܪ (mḥār, “tomorrow”) with the feminine dual ending based on Aramaic. Otherwise only natively attested in the word ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn, “two”).
Hebrew
he · 3 lemmas- A (good or service's) price, cost.
▸ 3 derivations
- derivedמחיר מחירוןm'khír m'khirón
- derivedבכל מחירb'khól m'khír
- relatedשַׁעַרshá'ar
- tomorrowProbably a prefixed formation related to אַחַר (achár, “hind part”). Cognate with Aramaic מחר.
- the next dayCompare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܠܲܡܚܵܪܬܵܐ (lamḥārtā).
Arabic
ar · 6 lemmas- a person who hesitates a lotمِفْعَال (mifʕāl)-type adjective indicating frequency
- plural of مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb)
- active participle of اِحْرَنْفَزَ (iḥranfaza)
- passive participle of اِحْرَنْفَزَ (iḥranfaza)
- a search engineبَحْث (baḥṯ) + مُحَرِّك (muḥarrik). Calque of English search engine.
- synonym of مُحَرَّم (muḥarram)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- compassion, pity, commiserationProbably from Proto-Semitic *r-ḥ-m, via metathesis. Compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima), Hebrew רָחַם (rakhám).
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- harvest, crop