# \*dVr- 'run freely' 1, 'run tirelessly' 2, 'drive away, make go' 3, 'to come upon suddenly, assault' 4, 'abhorrence' 5

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to roam freely, run loose; drive away; attack by surprise
- SED semet 474
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/d/503_run_freely_1_run_tirelessly_2_drive_away_make_go.md

## In Linear A

- [MI-RU-TA-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-RU-TA-RA-RE/index.md>) (Mīru-darār): Free-running Bull, a bull that roams free (personal name); rival Murr-darār 'Flowing Myrrh'

## Notes

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

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: darāru 1

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: dērāʾôn 5 (HALOT 230) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: drr 2, drʔ 'pushed, thrust away; repelled' 3 (Lane 864); daraʾa ʿalaynā 'came, or came forth, upon us unexpectedly' 4 (Lane 865)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab hdrʾ 4 (SD 36) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: ʔedre 3

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