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n d r

25 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.28.20
Themes:vow·4oath·3andorra·2microstate·2southern·2
POS shape:noun·7adj·7verb·6name·3det·1pron·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

*n-d-rProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianandurārumn d rfreedom, exemption
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎐𐎄𐎗𐎐 𐎄 𐎗vow, oath
Canaanite
Hebrewנָדִירנ ד רRare, uncommon, unusual.
Punic𐤍𐤃𐤓𐤍 𐤃 𐤓vow
Aramaic
Syriacܢܕܪܐܢ ܕ ܪvow, oath
Arabic
Arabicأَنْدَرن د رelative degree of نَادِر (nādir):
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicመንደርነ ደ ረvillage

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
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    freedom, exemption
    Compare Biblical Hebrew דְּרוֹר (dərór, “freedom”).

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma
  • ndrnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    vow, oath
    Compare Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer), Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā).

Punic

irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma

Classical Syriac

syc · 3 lemmas
  • neḏrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    vow, oath
    From the root ܢ ܕ ܪ related to vowing; compare Arabic نَذْر (naḏr), Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer).
  • ʾandōrānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France; official name: ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ ܕܐܢܕܘܪܐ)
    From English Andorra.
  • nameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Andrews (Biblical figure)
    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • nadíradjattestedWiktionary ↗
    Rare, uncommon, unusual.
    Cognate with Arabic نَدَرَ (nadara, “to be rare”) and نَدِير (nadīr, “rare”).
  • nédernouninferredT Gen.28.20Wiktionary ↗
    vow, promise, pledge, oath
    Cognate with Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā), Arabic نَذْر (naḏr), and Punic 𐤍𐤃𐤓 (ndr).
  • nehedáradjinferredWiktionary ↗
    great, wonderful
    From the Hebrew root הדר (H-D-R, “to adorn, to honor”), the Niphal verbal form being נֶהֱדָר (nehedár, “to be honored”).
  • nehedéretadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine singular indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר
  • andóranameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)
  • andártanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    monument, memorial
    *From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς (ăndrĭā́s)
  • nehedarótadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine plural indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר
  • nehedarímadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    masculine plural indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔandaradjattestedWiktionary ↗
    elative degree of نَادِر (nādir):
    Elative of نَادِر (nādir, “rare; strange”).
  • ʔandaraverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to deduct, to subtract, to cut off
  • nādiraadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    feminine singular of نَادِر (nādir)
  • nadurverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • nadirruverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • nadriverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • nudirverbinferredWiktionary ↗
  • nudirruverbinferredWiktionary ↗

Amharic

am · 3 lemmas
  • mändärnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    village
  • məndərdetinferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ምንድን (məndən)
  • məndərproninferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of ምንድን (məndən)

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

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