# \*bar(a)d-: 'hail, cold'

> Proto-Semitic *bar(a)d-, 'hail, cold': reflexes in 19 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bar(a)d- |
| Meaning | 'hail, cold' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3020 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bārid- 2; barad 1 (HALOT 154) | HALOT 154 |  |
| Harsusi | berēd |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | bäräd 1, bǝrud 2 |  |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | barda (MD 50) | MD 50 |  |
| East Ethiopic | bǝrd 2 |  |  |
| Gurage | bäräd 1, Sod bǝrd 2 |  |  |
| Modern Arabic | Leb berid, Mec bārid 2 |  |  |
| Hebrew | bārād 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 5) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 5 |  |
| Amharic | bärädo 1, bärid, bärrad 2 |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | brd (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 5; Sabaweb lemma 2990) | Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 5; Sabaweb lemma 2990 | gloss withheld |
| Harari | bäräd 1, 2 |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | bard- 'cold, hail' (Payne Smith 55) | Payne Smith 55 |  |
| Tigrinya | bäräd 1 |  |  |
| Geez | barada (LGz. 103) | LGz. 103 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | bardā (LGz. 103; DNWSI 196) | LGz. 103; DNWSI 196 |  |
| Argobba | bärräda, bärädo (LGz. 103) | LGz. 103 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | bärädä (LGz. 103) | LGz. 103 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | bərēd (Kogan 2011, 194) | Kogan 2011 194 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ba-ra-du /barad/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 123); DN =ba-ra-du ma-du, the Euphrates (Antalík 1998, 43) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 123; Antalík 1998, 43 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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