Proto-Semitic root

*dVr-

‘run freely’ 1, ‘run tirelessly’ 2, ‘drive away, make go’ 3, ‘to come upon suddenly, assault’ 4, ‘abhorrence’ 5

di Mino’s gloss: to roam freely, run loose; drive away; attack by surprise

Record 503 ↗ · SED semet 474 · Basis: SED, meaning edited

In Linear A1 entry

MI-RU-TA-RA-REMīru-darārFree-running Bull, a bull that roams free (personal name)SpeculativeSemitic13D

Notes

HALOT 230 sets *drʾ, the root of dērāʾôn, with Arabic daraʾa ‘to ward off danger’.

Reflexes5 languages

East Semitic1

  • Akkadiandarāru 1

Northwest Semitic1

Arabic1

  • Arabicdrr 2, drʔ 'pushed, thrust awayrepelled' 3 (Lane 864)daraʾa ʿalaynā ‘came, or came forth, upon us unexpectedly’ 4 (Lane 865)

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1

  • Soqotriʔedre 3

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

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