*mḏr: 'to decay, rot; to become corrupt, rotten'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*mḏr
Meaning	'to decay, rot; to become corrupt, rotten'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	māzôr (Jr 30:13, Hos 5:13) (HALOT 566)	HALOT 566	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	mdar 'to be rotten (as an egg)'; pa. maddar 'to go bad, rot (as eggs or fruit)' (Payne Smith 254)	Payne Smith 254
Arabic	maḏira 'it (an egg) became corrupt, rotten' (Lane 2699)	Lane 2699

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HALOT 566 sets māzôr under II *mzr with Syriac and Mandaic mdr and Arabic maḏira. HALOT 595 derives mamzēr 'half-breed, bastard' from the same root.

Updated 28 October 2026