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m k r

26 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.25.31
Themes:merchants·2engaged·2canal·2makh·2sale·2
POS shape:noun·13verb·10adj·3

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-k-rProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianmakārumm k rto flood, irrigate, water
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎎𐎋𐎗𐎎𐎎 𐎋 𐎗merchants
Canaanite
Hebrewמוֹכֵרמ כ רA (male) salesperson, a salesman.
Aramaic
Syriacܡܟܪܐܡ ܟ ܪirrigated land
Assyrian NAܡܵܟ݂ܹܪܡ ܟ ܪto propose, betroth, get engaged
Arabic
Arabicمَكَرَم ك رto plot, to scheme, to plan
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩬𐩣 𐩫 𐩧merchants
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመምክርמ כ רcounselor, adviser

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

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma

Old South Arabian

irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • mḵārānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    irrigated land
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    Mecheir, the sixth month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar
    Ultimately from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 4 lemmas
  • māḵērverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to propose, betroth, get engaged
    Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic [Term?]; compare Hebrew מָכַר (makhár, “to sell”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒆍𒀸 (makārum, “to do business”).
  • miḵrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    narrow irrigation canal splitting from the main canal
    Borrowed from Akkadian [script needed] (mikru, “irrigation; irrigated or irrigable field”) through an unattested Aramaic predecessor. Compare Classical Syriac ܡܟ݂ܲܪ (“to allow water to gush forth”), Classical Syriac ܡܟ݂ܵܪܵܐ (“irrigated land”), and Arabic مخر (“to plow”).
  • mḵīrāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    engaged, betrothed
    Passive participle of ܡܵܟ݂ܹܪ (māḵēr, “to propose, betroth, get engaged”); compare Hebrew מָכוּר (makhúr, “sold”).
  • mḵīrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    fiancé
    Passive participle of ܡܵܟ݂ܹܪ (māḵēr, “to propose, betroth, get engaged”); compare Hebrew מָכוּר (makhúr, “sold”).

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • mokhérnounattested✡︎ m. Dem. 2:2Wiktionary ↗
    A (male) salesperson, a salesman.
    The adjective follows from the verb. Ultimately from the root מ־כ־ר (m-k-r).
  • mokhérverbattested✡︎ m. Dem. 2:2Wiktionary ↗
    Masculine singular present participle and present tense of מָכַר (makhár).
    The adjective follows from the verb. Ultimately from the root מ־כ־ר (m-k-r).
  • makhíradjattestedT Gen.50.23Wiktionary ↗
    saleable, marketable
  • mikhráhnounattestedT Gen.25.31Wiktionary ↗
    singular form of מֶכֶר (mékher) with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
  • makhráverbattestedT Gen.25.31Wiktionary ↗
    Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of מָכַר (makhár).
  • nimkárverbattestedT Lev.25.48Wiktionary ↗
    to be sold, to be transferred in exchange for money
  • hitmakérverbattestedT 1Kgs.21.25Wiktionary ↗
    to become addicted, to get hooked
    Inchoative of מָכוּר (makhúr, “addicted”, literally “sold”).
  • m'khiránounattested✡︎ m. B.Q. 7:3Wiktionary ↗
    Sale, a sale: the act of selling.
    Action noun of מכר (makhár, “to sell”).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • makaraverbattested☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
    to plot, to scheme, to plan
    Compare Hebrew מכר (makhár, “to sell”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒆍𒊒𒌝 (makārum, “to do business”). Originally the Arabic root presumably had to do with commerce and market planning but over time the definition expanded to encompass any kind of strategic planning or plotting. Doublet of تَجَرَ (tajara, “to trade”).
  • makrnounattested☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of مَكَرَ (makara) (form I)
    Compare Hebrew מכר (makhár, “to sell”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒆍𒊒𒌝 (makārum, “to do business”). Originally the Arabic root presumably had to do with commerce and market planning but over time the definition expanded to encompass any kind of strategic planning or plotting. Doublet of تَجَرَ (tajara, “to trade”).
  • mākirnounattested☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
    planner
    Derived from the active participle of to plan, to plot, to scheme from the root م ك ر (m k r). Doublet of تَاجِر (tājir, “trader”).
  • makkāradjattested☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
    crafty, scheming, cunning
    Characteristic adjective.
  • makarnouninferred☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
    Polycarpaea repens
  • ʔamkuruverbinferred☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
  • umkurverbinferred☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗
  • tamkuruverbinferred☪︎ Q.3:54Wiktionary ↗

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • mämkərnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    counselor, adviser
    From the verb መካራ (mäkara, “to counsel, advise”).

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with m-k-r

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