*ḫVrʾ/y-: 'excrement, dregs'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḫVrʾ/y-
Meaning'excrement, dregs'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 106

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḫurʔ- 'excrement, caca' [BK 1 552], ḫary- 'human excrement' [BK 1 566]BK 1 552; BK 1 566
Soqotriḥaryómoh [LS 191]; ḥámreh [LS 181].LS 191; LS 181gloss withheld
Akkadianarāru (erēru, ḫarāru) MB, SB [CAD a2 237] [AHw 65].CAD a2 237; AHw 65gloss withheld
Tigreḥarǝʕ [LH 70]LH 70gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaichra (hira) [DM 152]; HRA [ibid.]DM 152gloss withheld
Ugariticḫrʔu [DULAT 398]; ḫrʔ [ibid.]DULAT 398gloss withheld
GurageCHA EŽA MUH GOG SOD arä, END GYE arʔä [LArg. 206]LArg. 206gloss withheld
Modern AramaicMMND herā [M MND 502]M MND 502gloss withheld
Hebrew*ḥărāʔīm (HALOT 348, 349).HALOT 348, 349gloss withheld
Amharicar [K 1140], arra [ibid.]K 1140gloss withheld
Argobbahar [LArg. 206]LArg. 206gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicḥārē, ḥārayyā 'excrements' [Ja 501]Ja 501
Syrian Aramaicḥerāyā 'excrement' [Brock 253]; ḥrʔ 'defecated' [ibid.]Brock 253
Tigrinyaḥarʔi 'human excrement' [Bass. 44]Bass. 44
Emarḫu-ú-ru (SED II 340)SED II 340gloss withheld
CanaaniteEG SYLL ḫ=-r=ya, ḫa=ra=ya, ḫa=ri=ya, ḫa=ri, ḫar=ya, ḫar=ʾ /*ḫarya, ḫariya/ (Hoch 232–233)Hoch 232–233gloss withheld

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Notes

Soqotri ḥámreʰ 'something dirty, mud; sediment' is filed under PWS *ḫmr 'to foam, to ferment' (SLOnline 12627).

Updated 22 October 2026

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