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 r— freedom, exemption
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎐𐎄𐎗𐎐 𐎄 𐎗— vow, oath
Canaanite
Hebrewנָדִירנ ד ר— Rare, uncommon, unusual.
Punic𐤍𐤃𐤓𐤍 𐤃 𐤓— vow
Aramaic
Syriacܢܕܪܐܢ ܕ ܪ— vow, oath
Arabic
Arabicأَنْدَرن د ر— elative degree of نَادِر (nādir):
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicመንደርነ ደ ረ— village
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- freedom, exemptionCompare Biblical Hebrew דְּרוֹר (dərór, “freedom”).
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- vow, oathCompare Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer), Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā).
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- vow
Classical Syriac
syc · 3 lemmas- vow, oathFrom the root ܢ ܕ ܪ related to vowing; compare Arabic نَذْر (naḏr), Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer).
- Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France; official name: ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ ܕܐܢܕܘܪܐ)From English Andorra.
- Andrews (Biblical figure)Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- Rare, uncommon, unusual.Cognate with Arabic نَدَرَ (nadara, “to be rare”) and نَدِير (nadīr, “rare”).
- vow, promise, pledge, oathCognate with Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā), Arabic نَذْر (naḏr), and Punic 𐤍𐤃𐤓 (ndr).
- great, wonderfulFrom the Hebrew root הדר (H-D-R, “to adorn, to honor”), the Niphal verbal form being נֶהֱדָר (nehedár, “to be honored”).
- feminine singular indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר
- Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)
- monument, memorial*From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρῐᾱ́ς (ăndrĭā́s)
- feminine plural indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר
- masculine plural indefinite form of נֶהֱדָר
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- elative degree of نَادِر (nādir):Elative of نَادِر (nādir, “rare; strange”).
- to deduct, to subtract, to cut off
- feminine singular of نَادِر (nādir)
Amharic
am · 3 lemmas- village
- alternative form of ምንድን (məndən)
- alternative form of ምንድን (məndən)