# \*ḫVrʾ/y-: 'excrement, dregs'

> Proto-Semitic *ḫVrʾ/y-, 'excrement, dregs': reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḫVrʾ/y- |
| Meaning | 'excrement, dregs' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 106 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḫurʔ- 'excrement, caca' \[BK 1 552\], ḫary- 'human excrement' \[BK 1 566\] | BK 1 552; BK 1 566 |  |
| Soqotri | ḥaryómoh \[LS 191\]; ḥámreh \[LS 181\]. | LS 191; LS 181 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | arāru (erēru, ḫarāru) MB, SB \[CAD a2 237\] \[AHw 65\]. | CAD a2 237; AHw 65 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ḥarǝʕ \[LH 70\] | LH 70 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | hra (hira) \[DM 152\]; HRA \[ibid.\] | DM 152 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ḫrʔu \[DULAT 398\]; ḫrʔ \[ibid.\] | DULAT 398 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | CHA EŽA MUH GOG SOD arä, END GYE arʔä \[LArg. 206\] | LArg. 206 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MMND herā \[M MND 502\] | M MND 502 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | \*ḥărāʔīm (HALOT 348, 349). | HALOT 348, 349 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ar \[K 1140\], arra \[ibid.\] | K 1140 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | har \[LArg. 206\] | LArg. 206 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḥārē, ḥārayyā 'excrements' \[Ja 501\] | Ja 501 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥerāyā 'excrement' \[Brock 253\]; ḥrʔ 'defecated' \[ibid.\] | Brock 253 |  |
| Tigrinya | ḥarʔi 'human excrement' \[Bass. 44\] | Bass. 44 |  |
| Emar | ḫu-ú-ru (SED II 340) | SED II 340 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EG SYLL ḫ=-r=ya, ḫa=ra=ya, ḫa=ri=ya, ḫa=ri, ḫar=ya, ḫar=ʾ /\*ḫarya, ḫariya/ (Hoch 232–233) | Hoch 232–233 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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