# \*mar-: 'healthy, strong'

> Proto-Semitic *mar-, 'healthy, strong': reflexes in 7 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>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mar- |
| Meaning | 'healthy, strong' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1813 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | marīr- (Lane 2701) | Lane 2701 |  |
| Akkadian | marmaru |  |  |
| Phoenician | mrr ? (B 354) | B 354 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | mar-ma-ru₁₂-lum, cf. mar-mar-LUM /marmarr/; /marr/: names gi-ti-ma-ar, en-mar-ru₁₂ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 49–50) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 49–50 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mrr G, R (DULAT 569–570) | DULAT 569–570 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ú-ma-ri-ir /umarrir/ (Pentiuc 2001, 188) | Pentiuc 2001 188 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | /m-r-r/ D: i nu-ma-ri-ir (ARM 26/2, 483: 25) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 49) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 49 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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