# \*mrd: 'to rebel'

> Proto-Semitic *mrd, 'to rebel': reflexes in 8 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 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mrd |
| Meaning | 'to rebel' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | mrd; mered (HALOT 632) | HALOT 632 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | merdā (HALOT 632) | HALOT 632 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mrad 'rebel, revolt; resist; surpass'; merdā 'rebellion; stronghold, citadel'; mardūtā 'rebellion, revolt; insolence' (Payne Smith 299) | Payne Smith 299 |  |
| Arabic | marada; mārid 'one who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience; an insolent and audacious rebel' (Lane 2706) | Lane 2706 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mrd; mrd (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 99); ʾmrd (Al-Jallad 2026, 93); Hismaic mrd (Al-Jallad 2026, 94) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 99; Al-Jallad 2026 93; Al-Jallad 2026 94 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | marādu: ma-ar-du (ARM 26/1, 74: 17f.) (Streck 2000, 105; Streck 2011, 367) | Streck 2000 105; Streck 2011, 367 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | mərad (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְרַד); \*mārād (HALOT BArm. s.v. מָרָד) | HALOT BArm. s.v. מְרַד; HALOT BArm. s.v. מָרָד | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | mrd (LGz. 357) | LGz. 357 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

HALOT 632 lists Old South Arabian mrd 'collapse' and Ethiopic merād 'uproar', and takes Hebrew mardût 'rebellion' as perhaps an Aramaic loan. Not 1243 \*ḫamāʾ- 'rebellion'.

## Linked from

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

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