# \*ɣadir-: 'herd' 1, 'to stay behind, be missing' 2

> Proto-Semitic *ɣadir-, 'herd' 1, 'to stay behind, be missing' 2: reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ɣadir- |
| Meaning | 'herd' 1, 'to stay behind, be missing' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 213 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ɣadīrat- 'animal that stayed behind the main body of the herd; ewe, she-camel, etc., left behind' 1 BK 2 439; cf. ɣdr 'to stay behind someone, behind the herd; to be satiated, having eaten a lot of plants from the beginning of spring (said of herds)' 2 ibid. 438-9 | BK 2 439 |  |
| Phoenician | ʕdr 1 (T 239) | T 239 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʕēdär 1 (HALOT 793); ʕdr nif., pi. 2 (HALOT 793) | HALOT 793 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕädrā 1 (HALOT 793) | HALOT 793 |  |
| Aramaic | SamP., Eg.-Arm. ʕdr 1 (HALOT 793) | HALOT 793 |  |

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## Notes

Akkadian adrû (atrû) in immer adrê SB is a Sumerian loan (CAD A/1 131); ḫadiru (AHw 307; CAD Ḫ 23) is an Aramaic loan.

## Linked from

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

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