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n w r

30 lemmas · 7 languages
hollow (II-weak)Middle consonant is w or y. The vowel contracts in the perfect (q-w-l → qāla 'said'), producing a 'hollow' surface. Known as mediae infirmae.T Gen.4.21
Themes:fire· نَار · אֵשׁ·5candlestick·2candelabrum·2lampstand·2emphatic·2
POS shape:noun·17adj·6verb·3name·2adv·1proper noun·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-w-rProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewנוּרנ ו רshining fire
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicנוראנ ו רfire
Syriacܢܘܪܐܢ ܘ ܪfire, conflagration
Assyrian NAܢܘܼܪܵܐܢ ܘ ܪfire
Mandaicࡌࡅࡒࡃࡀࡎࡌ ࡅ ࡒJerusalem
Arabic
Arabicنَارن و رfire
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezነውርነ ወ ረblemish, stain, flaw, spot, defect

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 1 lemma
  • nūrā’nouninferred𐡀 tg. Jon. Judg 15:14Wiktionary ↗
    fire
    From Proto-Semitic *nūr-.

Classical Syriac

syc · 6 lemmas
  • nūrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    fire, conflagration
    Inherited from Proto-Semitic *nūr-. Cognate with Arabic نُور (nūr) and Hebrew נוּר (nûr).
    1 derivation
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
    From the root ܢ ܘ ܪ related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).
    1 derivation
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    hay
    Compare Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra) and Hebrew נוֹרָה (nôrâ).
  • nawwārāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    terrified, fearful, daunted
  • adjinferredWiktionary ↗
    feminine emphatic singular of ܢܘܪܐ
  • nūrwāṯānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    emphatic plural of ܢܘܪܐ (nūrā)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • nūrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    fire
    Inherited from Aramaic נוּרָא (nūrā), from Proto-Semitic *nūr- (“light”); compare Arabic نَار (nār) and Hebrew נוּר (nûr). Doublet of ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ (nuhrā, “light”).
    3 derivations
  • nūrānameattestedWiktionary ↗
    Hell
    Inherited from Aramaic נוּרָא (nūrā), from Proto-Semitic *nūr- (“light”); compare Arabic نَار (nār) and Hebrew נוּר (nûr). Doublet of ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ (nuhrā, “light”).
  • mnārtānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand
    Inherited from Aramaic מְנָרְתָּא (mənārtā); compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). The latter senses of “lighthouse” and “minaret” are a semantic loan from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).
    3 derivations
  • nurrānāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    fiery
    From ܢܘܼܪܵܐ (nūrā, “fire”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā, the adjectival ending).
  • tanūrānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    tandoor; traditional Mesopotamian cylindrical clay oven used especially to make bread
    Inherited from Aramaic תַּנּוּרָא (tannūrā), from Akkadian 𒅎𒋗𒆸 (tinūrum), from the same root as the verb 𒈾𒉿𒀀𒀸 (nawārum, “to shine brightly”); compare possibly borrowed through Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), and also borrowed into Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tanúr) and Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr).
  • nūrānāyāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    pyramidal
    From ܢܘܼܪܵܐ (nūrā, “fire”) + -ܢܝܐ (-nāyā, the intensive attributive adjective ending). Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, calque of Ancient Greek πῡρᾰμῐ́ς (pūrămĭ́s) based of the popular folk etymology of it being derived of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
  • nūrānāyānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    pyramid (ancient massive construction)
    From ܢܘܼܪܵܐ (nūrā, “fire”) + -ܢܝܐ (-nāyā, the intensive attributive adjective ending). Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, calque of Ancient Greek πῡρᾰμῐ́ς (pūrămĭ́s) based of the popular folk etymology of it being derived of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
  • nawrānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    mirror
    Inherited from Aramaic נַורָא (nawrā), from Akkadian 𒈾𒈠𒊒𒌝 (NA.MA.RU.UM /⁠nāmarum⁠/).

Hebrew

he · 5 lemmas
  • nurnouninferredT Dan.3.27Wiktionary ↗
    shining fire
    From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, via Aramaic נוּר (“fire”). Cognate with Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”) and نَار (nār, “fire”).
    2 derivations
  • kinórnouninferredT Gen.4.21Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of כינור
  • noráadvinferredT Gen.28.17Wiktionary ↗
    very
  • nurítnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    buttercup
  • m'norótnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    plural indefinite form of מְנוֹרָה (m'norá)

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • nārnounattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    fire
    From Proto-Semitic *nūr-.
  • nayyiradjattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    luminous, lucid; bright
    Compare نُور (nūr, “light”).
    5 derivations
  • ʔanāraverbattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    to light, to illuminate
  • ʔanwaradjattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    elative degree of نَيِّر (nayyir)
    Elative of نَيِّر (nayyir, “bright, shining, luminous”).
  • ʔanwarnameattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    a male given name, Anwar
    Elative of نَيِّر (nayyir, “bright, shining, luminous”).
  • tanawwaraverbattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    to be lit, to be illuminated
    Mediopassive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara, “to light”), from نُور (nūr, “light”).
  • tunawwiruverbattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
  • manārnounattested☪︎ Q.2:17Wiktionary ↗
    waymark, landmark
    Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n w r) of نُور (nūr, “light, fire”). Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, “miles indicator”) as the word means landmark.

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • näwrnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    blemish, stain, flaw, spot, defect
    Probably related to Arabic ن و ر (n w r), which contains meanings like "mark by branding" and "revile".

Classical Mandaic

mid · 1 lemma

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

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